Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
Wiktionary
- adv. In an acute manner
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In an acute manner; sharply; keenly; with nice discrimination.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. changing suddenly in direction and degree
- adv. in an acute manner
- adv. having a rapid onset
- adv. in a shrewd manner
Etymologies
- acute + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics.”
The Guardian: Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
“Second, the Arab world suffers acutely from a deficit in governance.”
“Delirium is characterized by an acutely developing, diffuse cognitive impairment and an alteration in consciousness.”
Simon & Schuster: The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry
“In 1830, an Italian officer came to the inn – an elderly man, exiled from his country for political causes, arid suffering acutely from a frightful wound received sixteen years previously, when he was serving under Napoleon I.”
“It could never have been described as acutely sensitive, and it never developed much beyond the rudimentary stage.”
“There were several specimens in it that I can still recall acutely, one of which was spodumene collected from a New England pegmatite.”
“If you don't notice a difference in how you feel after re-introducing aspartame, it's a safe bet you're able to tolerate aspartame acutely, meaning your body doesn't have an immediate, adverse response.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO)
“Marlon Barton is 26 years old and "acutely" autistic.”
David Kirby: "Tidal Wave" of Young Adults with Autism about to Flood Cash-Strapped California
“Financial pressure on South African consumers, brought about by interest rate hikes and declining disposable income, impacted the bank's personal and business banking "acutely".”
“Bell, who died from multiple blunt force injuries due to an accident, was "acutely" intoxicated, the Medical Examiner's Office said.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘acutely’.
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The Over-Worked "Very"
Synonyms for the word "very"
absolutely, actually, acutely, amazingly, assuredly, astonishingly, certainly, decidedly, desperately, downright, emphatically, exceedingly and 43 more...
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EN - intensifiers
highly, greatly, deeply, dearly, certainly, awfully, truly, amply, acutely, absolutely, astonishingly, considerably and 32 more...
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English
rewarding, wit, landmark, core, soar, drop, plunge, plummet, dive, level off, rocket, peak and 110 more...
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone had to list them. This list in continued in the list More Adverbia.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about a...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2460 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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alejinha sumamente, agudamente. Nov 15, 2010