acutely

a·cute  (-kyt)

adj.

1. Having a sharp point or tip.

2. Keenly perceptive or discerning: "a raw, chilling and psychologically acute novel of human passions reduced to their deadliest essence" (Literary Guild Magazine). See Synonyms at sharp.

3. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive: His hearing was unusually acute.

4. Of great importance or consequence; crucial: an acute lack of research funds.

5. Extremely sharp or severe; intense: acute pain; acute relief.

6. Medicine

a. Having a rapid onset and following a short but severe course: acute disease.

b. Afflicted by a disease exhibiting a rapid onset followed by a short, severe course: acute patients.

7. Music High in pitch; shrill.

8. Geometry Having an acute angle: an acute triangle.

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[Latin actus, past participle of acuere, to sharpen, from acus, needle; see ak- in Indo-European roots.]

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a·cutely adv.

a·cuteness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	acutely - in an acute manner; "she pitied her sister acutely"; "acutely aware"
	2.	acutely - having a rapid onset; "an acutely debilitating virus" chronically - in a slowly developing and long lasting manner; "chronically ill persons"
	3.	acutely - 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" sharp, sharply
	4.	acutely - in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" astutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly

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acutely

adverb

1. painfully, clearly, markedly, excessively, alarmingly, dreadfully, distressingly He was acutely aware of the smell of cooking oil.

2. very, highly, greatly, severely, extremely, terribly, utterly, unusually, exceptionally, extraordinarily, intensely, markedly, awfully (informal), exceedingly, excessively, inordinately, uncommonly It was an acutely uncomfortable journey.

Translations

acutely [əˈkjuːtlɪ] ADV

1. (= intensely) [feel, suffer] → intensamente; [embarrassing, uncomfortable] → sumamente
I am acutely aware that → me doy perfecta cuenta de que ..., me doy cuenta perfectamente de que ... → soy perfectamente consciente de que ...
they were acutely aware of the difficulties involved → tenían plena consciencia de todas las dificultades que suponía

2. (= shrewdly) → perspicazmente

acutely [əˈkjuːtli] adv

(= keenly) [aware, conscious, sensitive] → profondément; [feel] → vivement

(= intensely) [uncomfortable, embarrassing] → extrêmement

acutely

adv

(= intensely) → akut; feel → intensiv; embarrassed, sensitive, uncomfortable → äußerst; ill → akut; to be acutely aware of something → sich (dat) → einer Sache (gen) → genau or sehr bewusst sein; (= painfully) → sich (dat) → einer Sache (gen) → schmerzlich bewusst sein

(= shrewdly) → scharfsinnig; criticize, observe → scharf

acutely [əˈkjuːtlɪ] adv (intensely) → intensamente; (shrewdly) → con perspicacia