acuity

IPA: ʌkjˈuʌti

noun

  • Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
  • (figurative) The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
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Examples of "acuity" in Sentences

  • The man's acuity surprised people.
  • The visual acuity is measured with an eye chart.
  • AGENT ORANGE, annoyed: Your visual acuity is uncanny.
  • Complete loss of visual acuity is the common prognosis.
  • Motion is clearly a true liberal and a critic of acuity.
  • She is often acclaimed for the emotional acuity of her portraits.
  • I wish you acuity of mind and clarity of expression as you do it.
  • Schumer’s political acuity is increasingly guiding Senate Democrats.
  • As time goes on the acuity should improve to the point of readability.
  • Thank you very much for exemplary finesse of style and acuity of thought.
  • Most often misjudged is the massive mental acuity of many martial artists.
  • High summation increases sensitivity to light at the expense of visual acuity.
  • She just turned 90, and her mental acuity is better than most people half her age.
  • This has left much of the training of journalists to the junior colleges, which re the least qualified in acuity and course standards.
  • Terry Pratchett, who has early-onset Alzheimer's (and whose mental acuity is still fine) has written a stirring editorial on the need to legalize suicide in the UK.
  • This favorable assessment of Marcos 'mental acuity is shared by foreign observers, Alexander Cockburn, the acerbic English Marxist who writes a column for The Nation, rarely has anything but disdain for the intellect of other writers.

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