acutelyadverb
uk/əˈkjuːt.li/us/əˈkjuːt.li/acutely adverb (EXTREMELY)
completely or extremely:
Management is acutely aware of the resentment that their decision may cause.
Another scandal would be acutely embarrassing for the government.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- chronic
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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acutely adverb (ACCURATELY/CLEVERLY)
in a very clever or detailed way:
She acutely identified all the main problems.
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Perceptive
- acute
- alert
- antenna
- eagle eye
- eye
- gimlet
- have an eye for sth idiom
- have eyes in the back of your head idiom
- have gimlet eyes idiom
- have/keep (all) your wits about you idiom
- hawk-eyed
- insight
- observant
- perceptive
- percipient
- razor-sharp
- sharp
- sharp-eyed
- sharply
- wit