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Meaning of SHARPLY

Pronunciation:  sh'ârplee

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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Sharp"ly\, adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
      They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than
      the rude Irish.                          --Spenser.
      The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants.
                                               --Hayward.
      You contract your eye when you would see sharply.
                                               --Bacon.
 

 

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