acuteness

acuteness has 7 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• n.. The quality of being acute or pointed; sharpness; as, the acuteness of an angle.
• n.. The faculty of nice discernment or perception; acumen; keenness; sharpness; sensitiveness; -- applied to the senses, or the understanding. By acuteness of feeling, we perceive small objects or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions.
• n.. Shrillness; high pitch; -- said of sounds.
• n.. Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
• n.. the quality of having a sharp edge or point
• n.. a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
• n.. a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed; "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"