acuteness

Noun
  1. A sensitivity that is keen and highly developed (synset 105661172)
    "dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell"
    is a type of: sensibility, sensitiveness, sensitivity - (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
  2. A quick and penetrating intelligence (synset 105628251)
    "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
    is a type of: intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
    subtypes: steel trap - an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps)
    same as: acuity, keenness, sharpness
  3. The quality of having a sharp edge or point (synset 104712884)
    is a type of: keenness, sharpness - thinness of edge or fineness of point

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