acutely

Thân thiện

She winced acutely as the bright light hit her eyes.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a sharp, intense, or penetrating manner: Refers to something being felt, perceived, or expressed with great intensity, severity, or sensitivity.
   • In a shrewd or insightful manner: Indicates a keen, perceptive, or astute quality of thought or observation.
   • With a sudden and severe change in direction or degree: Describes a sharp angle, point, or turn.
   • Having a rapid onset: Used in medical contexts to describe a disease or condition that develops quickly and severely.

Usage Examples

• Adverb (Intense Perception/Feeling):
  • She was acutely aware of the silence in the room.
  • He felt the loss acutely for many years.
• Adverb (Shrewd Insight):
  • The analyst acutely observed the shifting market trends.
  • She acutely pinpointed the flaw in the argument.
• Adverb (Sharp Form/Direction):
  • The tower was acutely angled against the sky.
  • The path turned acutely to the right.
• Adverb (Rapid Medical Onset):
  • The patient presented with an acutely inflamed appendix.

Advanced Usage

• "acutely conscious of": intensely and keenly aware of something, often a subtle detail or social nuance.
  • He was acutely conscious of being an outsider at the event.
• Used to modify adjectives describing perception, sensation, or form (e.g., ).

Variants and Related Words

• Acute (adjective): 1. (of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation) intense; severe. 2. (of a sense) highly developed; keen. 3. (of an angle) less than 90°. 4. (Medicine) of short duration but severe.
  • an acute shortage of water
  • acute hearing
• Acuteness (noun): The quality of being acute.

Synonyms

• Intensely: With extreme force, strength, or feeling.
• Keenly: In an eager or penetrating manner.
• Sharply: With a sudden, intense, or severe change.
• Astutely: With shrewdness and perception.

Antonyms

• Dully: Without sharpness, intensity, or sensitivity.
• Vaguely: In a way that is unclear, indefinite, or not sharply felt.
• Chronically: (In medicine) persisting for a long time or constantly recurring.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Acutely embarrassing: Intensely and painfully embarrassing.
  • His mistake was acutely embarrassing for everyone involved.
• Feel something acutely: To feel something very deeply or painfully.
  • She felt the criticism acutely.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a shrewd manner
   • he invested his fortune astutely
   • he was acutely insightful
2. changing suddenly in direction and degree
   • the road twists sharply after the light
   • turn sharp left here
   • the visor was acutely peaked
   • her shoes had acutely pointed toes
3. having a rapid onset
   • an acutely debilitating virus
4. in an acute manner
   • she pitied her sister acutely
   • acutely aware

Từ đồng nghĩa

• astutely
• shrewdly
• sagaciously
• sapiently
• sharply
• sharp