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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

agudamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aɡudɐˈmẽtɨ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Acutely/əˈkjuːt.li/
adverbCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #7820 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Ela estava agudamente consciente da tensão."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a way that shows a very sensitive or fine perception of something.

    "She was acutely aware of the tension in the room."
  2. 2

    To a severe or intense degree.

    "The region is acutely short of clean drinking water."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'acute', originating from the Latin 'acutus' (sharpened, pointed), past participle of 'acuere' (to sharpen). It entered English in the late 16th century, initially referring to sharp physical sensations and later extending to intellectual sharpness and severe, intense emotional perception.

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