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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dullness \Dull"ness\, n.
The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness;
drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster;
want of vividness, or of brightness. [Written also
{dulness}.]
And gentle dullness ever loves a joke. --Pope.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dullness
n 1: the quality of being slow to understand [syn: {dulness}, {obtuseness}]
2: the quality of lacking interestingness [syn: {dulness}]
3: a lack of visual brightness [syn: {dulness}] [ant: {brightness}]
4: without sharpness of edge or point [syn: {dulness}, {bluntness}]
[ant: {asperity}, {sharpness}]
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