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Word: acuteness (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Shrewdness, quickness of mind
  • Shrillness; high pitch; ? said of sounds.
  • The faculty of nice discernment or perception; sensitiveness; ? applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
  • The quality of being acute or pointed; as, the acuteness of an angle.
  • Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.

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