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Literary notes about Acute (AI summary)

The word "acute" in literature is employed with remarkable versatility, conveying not only sharp, intense physical or emotional sensations but also a keen mental perception and precise geometric form. For instance, it vividly captures intense suffering or pain seen in descriptions of sudden illnesses [1] and persistent bodily distress [2, 3], while also being used to illustrate a heightened level of mental alertness and discernment in character observations and critical insights [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, its application extends to describing spatial and structural crispness, such as the definition of sharp angles [7, 8] and meticulously detailed botanical features [9, 10, 11]. In this way, "acute" functions as a multifaceted descriptor that enriches both the sensory and intellectual dimensions of a narrative.
  1. He had had a short illness, there had been a brief time of acute suffering, then all was over.
    — from The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
  2. He was pale and sat looking down and continually moving his eyebrows as though trying to control acute pain.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. The invalid was suffering with acute pain in the region of the heart, and breathed with great difficulty, having all the ordinary symptoms of asthma.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe
  4. Veblen has made an acute observation upon this point.
    — from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park
  5. He was distinct and acute in conversation, and was soon perfect in understanding and strength.
    — from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson
  6. I could not excuse a man's having more music than love—more ear than eye—a more acute sensibility to fine sounds than to my feelings.
    — from Emma by Jane Austen
  7. And how it may be borne, whether in a right line, Or a half circle; or may else be cast Into an angle blunt, if not acute:
    — from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
  8. [Pg 355] The obtuse Angles of the Parallelograms are each of them 101 Degrees and 52 Minutes; the acute ones 78 Degrees and 8 Minutes.
    — from Opticks : by Isaac Newton
  9. Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute, glabrous, obtusely serrate.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  10. —A large tree, with leaves opposite, oval, entire, acute, downy.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
  11. Leaves alternate, ovate, acute, minutely serrate, both surfaces beset with sharp hairs.
    — from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera

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