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单词 obtusively
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obtusivelyadv.

Brit. /əbˈtjuːsᵻvli/, /ɒbˈtjuːsᵻvli/, U.S. /əbˈt(j)usəvli/, /ɑbˈt(j)usəvli/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin obtusivus , -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin obtusivus tending to make dull (12th cent. in a British source; < classical Latin obtūsus obtuse adj. + -īvus -ive suffix) + -ly suffix2. Compare later obtusely adv.
rare.
1. So as to obscure. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica iv. 285 In the aire then, thus condensed and obtusively enthikked, as ye may see many tymes in the somer season how in the clowdes there be factions like bestes dyuersly, summe in oon fourme and summe in an-othere.
2. Obtusely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb]
sotly1154
blately1513
grossly?1531
dully1533
blockishly1556
bluntly1557
buzzardly1561
sottishly1566
thickly1574
doltishly1580
witlessly1598
stupidiously1600
brainlessly1610
stupidly?1611
insulsely1637
uncleverly1697
numbskully1708
unintelligently1754
stupid?1757
duncishly1826
stockishly1846
sumphishly1850
simple-mindedly1851
obtusely1863
crassly1883
bovinely1900
unperceptively1935
simplistically1939
obtusively1953
dopily1958
gormlessly1958
1953 19th-cent. Fiction 8 52 Gissing ultimately realized that preaching, either tediously and obtusively subjective or conversational and consequently more objective, had to be eliminated because it marred his narrative.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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