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sharpie |
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sharply
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| sharpsaw
| sharpshoot
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sharply
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial sharply has 4 senses
- sharply(r = adv.all) aggressively - in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned"
- sharply(r = adv.all) crisply - in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined"
- sharply(r = adv.all) acutely, sharp - changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"; "the visor was acutely peaked"; "her shoes had acutely pointed toes"
- sharply(r = adv.all) precipitously - very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
CIDE DICTIONARY
sharply, adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely. [1913 Webster]
"They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish."
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"The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants."
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"You contract your eye when you would see sharply."
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THESAURUS
sharply
abruptly, acerbically, acutely, angrily, closely, cuttingly, definitely, definitively, distinctly, firmly, harshly, intensely, intently, penetratingly, peremptorily, piercingly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly, severely, sternly, strictly, suddenly
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