Both Uses of
acute
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- At the time, I set it down to some idiosyncratic, personal distaste, and merely wondered at the acuteness of the symptoms; but I have since had reason to believe the cause to lie much deeper in the nature of man, and to turn on some nobler hinge than the principle of hatred.†
p. 76..4
- As the acuteness of this remorse began to die away, it was succeeded by a sense of joy.†
p. 99..3 *
Definition:
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(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative