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Acutely

adverb

In an acute manner. "Acutely aware"

Having a rapid onset. Antonym: chronically.

Changing suddenly in direction and degree. Synonyms: sharp, sharply. "Turn sharp left here" , "The visor was acutely peaked" , "Her shoes had acutely pointed toes"

In a shrewd manner. Synonyms: astutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly. "He was acutely insightful"

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"Acutely" Quotes from Famous Books

... you for your prompt acceptance with the more confidence because every month that has elapsed since the former proposals were made has made the necessity for such action more and more manifestly imperative. That need was then foreseen; it is now acutely felt and everywhere realized by those for whom trade is waiting but who can find no conveyance for their goods. I am not so much interested in the particulars of the programme as I am in taking immediate advantage of the great opportunity ...

— State of the Union Addresses of Woodrow Wilson • Woodrow Wilson

... the unloved husband entered his young lady's apartment. She stood before the dressing-table, arranging her hair for the evening. She cast a brief glance toward him, and then proceeded quietly with her toilet. The chilling indifference wounded him acutely, and he addressed her rather hastily: "Marion, do you think I shall ...

— Eventide - A Series of Tales and Poems • Effie Afton

... like secrets—especially those which concern women—well enough to have amused myself by seeking the clue to the riddle. Well, my sweet child, those worthy women had the gift of analyzing their husbands' nature; instead of taking fright, like you, at their superiority, they very acutely noted the qualities they lacked, and either by possessing those qualities, or by feigning to possess them, they found means of making such a handsome display of them in their husbands' eyes that in the end they impressed them. Also, I must tell you, all these souls ...

— At the Sign of the Cat and Racket • Honore de Balzac

... obey them blindly. To a man who could speak Spanish and who had always been the lord of his barrio, [428] the possibility of having to cultivate a field with his own hands was an unthinkable and scandalous thing. These men suffered and suffered acutely; but it was not their bodies ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

... plenty the gewgaw known as happiness. Of nearly all really original artists, however, it may be said that they are at loggerheads with the public—as an almost inevitable consequence of their originality; and for them the problem of compromise or no-compromise acutely exists. ...

— The Author's Craft • Arnold Bennett

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