acuteness

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a quick and penetrating intelligence

   I argued with great acuteness.

2. 2
   noun

   a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed

   Dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell.

3. 3
   noun

   The quality of being acute or pointed.

   The acuteness of an angle.

4. 4
   noun

   Of the senses or feelings: the faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness.

   By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions.

From acute + -ness.

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