Both Uses of
acute
in
The Great Gatsby
- Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven — a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-climax.†
p. 6..1
- There was something pathetic in his concentration, as if his complacency, more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more.
p. 13..6 *acute = severely negative
Definition:
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(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative