All 3 Uses of
acute
in
Murder On The Orient Express
- I have learned to be very acute -- to read the face.
Chpt 2.10 *acute = highly perceptive
- It was at this minute that the position of Countess Andrenyi became acute, and her husband immediately took steps to alter the passport.
Chpt 3.9 *acute = rapidly and severely negative
- The old woman bent an acute glance at him.†
Chpt 2.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(acute as in: acute pain) sharp (severe or strong) -- usually negative
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(2)
(acute as in: acute sense of smell) sharp (highly perceptive in some area or mentally sharp)
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(3)
(acute angle as in: an acute angle) ending in a narrow point or angle; or describing an angle measuring less than 90 degrees