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acutely

[uh-kyoot-lee] / əˈkjut li /
ADVERB
sharply
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As a wasp biologist, I’ve noticed it acutely, because my students need wasps for their experiments, and we simply can’t find them.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

People such as Berenger, who have felt most acutely the loneliness of the human condition, are best equipped to endure it, inured as they are to the pain of standing apart from the mob.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

We’re also made acutely aware of what we’re not seeing, that no picture is the whole picture and there is narrative power in the denial of sight and therefore knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Everyone wants to point out recession indicators, but in a time of economic turmoil, felt most acutely by young people earning less money, every dollar counts.

From Slate Aug. 14, 2026

The infinite was as vast and cold as the ocean spreading around die ship, and in all that emptiness what Milton felt most acutely was the reality of his own buzzing mind.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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