Vocabulary
Acutely
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(with reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) intensely.
Urdu meaning
الٹ پلٹ کرنےوالا انقلاب پسند ناس کرنیوالا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- I, for one, cannot get my head around the notion that an acutely class-divided society like Pakistan made `major gains` in reducing poverty at any stage over the past 20 years.
- The Gulf monarchs are becoming acutely aware of their vulnerability and the fact that the US cannot be relied upon to protect them.
- Pakistan`s power elites, long sensitive to external support, are acutely aware that both major powers now have stakes in addressing the country`s security vulnerabilities.
- Whereas the policy mentions use of AI for the environment, it completely ignores the climaterelated risks of AI data centres in Pakistan, which, besides being a water-scarce country is acutely vulnerable to the impact of climate change.
- Malnutrition and death stalk the Strip as the UN says that one in five households, some half a million Gaza Palestinians, are facing an acute food and nutrition deficit, and one in three children or more are acutely malnourished.
Synonyms
extremely, exceedingly, very, markedly, severely, intensely, in the extreme, deeply, profoundly
Curator example
“the whole situation was acutely embarrassing”
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