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acutely

adverb as in sharply

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Some people can become acutely ill without ever showing high viral loads, or only doing so briefly, said Miller, the North Carolina scientist.

Each time they leave their homes to visit a store, they’ll be acutely aware of putting their personal health and safety at risk.

Some of the pushiness came from publishers deemphasizing traditional, and now acutely challenged, advertising.

From Digiday

The blow to morale was felt most acutely in the Justice Department’s criminal division, which is typically a key player in prosecuting election-related offenses and setting department policy in that area, people familiar with the matter said.

As a result, its residents are acutely aware of disease-fighting habits like hand-washing and mask wearing.

From Fortune

When the body of Johnson was exhumed, the medical examiner was acutely chagrined when six .22 caliber rounds were removed from it.

In all, 38 samples were collected from 23 acutely infected patients.

Obama appeared acutely aware of the magnitude of the situation, and the urgency with which immediate action is needed.

He became acutely delusional and committed suicide after attacking his father.

India is a fellow democracy, and, like Japan, feels acutely vulnerable to Chinese territorial and economic expansionism.

He leaned against that same stone column, thinking, searching in his mind, feeling acutely.

The situation à trois thenceforward became, for Tom, an acutely afflicting one.

He remarked, very acutely, that Chaucer translates the F. bouton by the word knoppe; see ll.

The poor child felt this so acutely that she became ill, and had to keep her bed for several days.

Indeed, the certainty that his father felt the sorrow as acutely as himself, was one reason of his opening to him.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acutely, such as: keenly, severely, and suddenly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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