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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

... had failed to melt the Colonel's heart. Contrary to all precedents of fiction, he would have nothing to do with his little granddaughter, and sought refuge from so untenable a position in removing from Cullerne. Nor was Martin himself a man to feel a parent's obligations too acutely; so the child was left to be brought up by Miss Joliffe, and to become an addition to her cares, but much more to her joys. Martin Joliffe considered that he had amply fulfilled his responsibilities in christening his daughter Anastasia, a name which Debrett shows to have ...

— The Nebuly Coat • John Meade Falkner

... the tickling, Dexter now became more acutely aware of that strange, restless burden on his back, and was inspired to free himself from it. He increased his pace as he came to the gate, and managed a backward kick with both heels. This lost the rider his stirrups and ...

— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson

... much more affection for Fanny than for Ellen. When she had unfolded her plan for sending Ellen to college, and Fanny had almost gone hysterical with delight, she found it almost impossible to keep her tears back. She knew so acutely how this other woman felt that she almost seemed to lose her own individuality. She began to be filled with a vicarious adoration of Ellen, which was, however, dissipated the moment she actually saw her. She realized that this grown-up girl, who could no longer be cuddled and cradled, ...

— The Portion of Labor • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

... that I stood there and observed not one thing, not even one little accessory detail, was lost on me; my attention was acutely keen; I absorbed carefully every little thing as I stood and thought out my own thought, about each thing according as it occurred. So it was impossible that there could be anything the matter with my brain. How could there, in this case, ...

— Hunger • Knut Hamsun

... first call for troops was made I was at Springfield, Ohio, enjoying a fairly lucrative law practice as things then went, but with competition acutely ...

— Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 • Joseph Warren Keifer

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