Sharply

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sharply \Sharp"ly\, adv.
     In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
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           They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than
           the rude Irish.                          --Spenser.


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           The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants.
                                                    --Hayward.
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           You contract your eye when you would see sharply.
                                                    --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sharply
       adv 1: in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned"
              [syn: {aggressively}]
       2: in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan
          pottery was sharply defined" [syn: {crisply}]
       3: changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists
          sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here" [syn: {sharp}]
       4: very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that
          precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose
          sharply" [syn: {precipitously}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "sharply":
     abruptly, acerbically, acutely, angrily, closely, cuttingly,
     definitely, definitively, distinctly, firmly, harshly, intensely,
     intently, penetratingly, peremptorily, piercingly, precipitately,
     precipitously, quickly, severely, sternly, strictly, suddenly