acutely

English

Etymology

acute +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkjuːtli/

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• Hyphenation: a‧cute‧ly

Adverb

acutely (comparative more acutely, superlative most acutely)

1. In an acute manner

   I minored in physics at university, so am acutely aware of atomic structure.

   • 2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph‎^[1]:

     Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable.

Derived terms

• hyperacutely

 

Translations

In an acute manner

• Esperanto: akute
• Finnish: akuutisti (in medicine); pikaisesti (fi) (quickly); tarkasti (fi) (precisely)
• Italian: profondamente (it), intensamente (it), acutamente (it), fortemente (it)
• Portuguese: agudamente
• Russian: о́стро (ru) (óstro)
• Spanish: intensamente (es)