Acute: alternatives and connections

Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.

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of Point

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of Point

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Moderalely acute.

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Moderalely acute.

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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

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Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

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Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.

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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

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The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.

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To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken.

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of Discriminate

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Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

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Strained; tightly drawn; kept on the stretch; strict; very close or earnest; as, intense study or application; intense thought.

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Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or a razor with a keen edge.

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of Penetrate

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Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.

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of Pierce

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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Relating to time; according to time.

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Relating to time; according to time.

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Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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Not pointed or acute; blunt; -- applied esp. to angles greater than a right angle, or containing more than ninety degrees.

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