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unobtuse

unobtuse adjective: not obtuse.

Adjective

unobtuse (comparative more unobtuse, superlative most unobtuse)

  1. (rare) Not obtuse
    • For Phoebe ever reddens in the wind : A fourth time risen, then surest monitress, If she with unobtuse and unblench'd horn illuminates her path . . . "Virgil" translated by Charles R Kennedy 1861

Forms of unobtuse

comparativemore unobtuse
superlativemost unobtuse

Origin of unobtuse

From un- + obtuse.

Questions about unobtuse

What does unobtuse mean?
Unobtuse means not obtuse.
What part of speech is unobtuse?
Unobtuse is an adjective.

Words near unobtuse in the dictionary

  1. unobtrusively
  2. unobtrusiveness
  3. unobtrusivity
  4. unobtunded
  5. unobturated
  6. unobtuse
  7. unobviated
  8. unobvious
  9. unobviously
  10. unobviousness
  11. unoccasional

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