acute
/əˈkjut/ adjective B2- Brief, quick, short. · It was an acute event.
- High or shrill. · an acute accent or tone
- Intense; sensitive; sharp. · She had an acute sense of honour· Eagles have very acute vision.
- Urgent. · His need for medical attention was acute.
- With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
- Less than 90 degrees. · The teacher pointed out the acute angle.
- Having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees. · an acute triangle
- Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
Comparative acuter · Superlative acutest
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de Boville retired with this exclamation, after expressing acute sympathy with the father.
But I shall not scruple to assert, that the serenity of your sister’s countenance and air was such as might have given the most acute observer a conviction that, however amiable her temper, her heart was not likely to be easily touched.
Elizabeth, who had expected to find in her as acute and unembarrassed an observer as ever Mr.
Douglas, and that she would display acute uneasiness if her absent husband should ever be particularly late in his return.
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