sharply
About 13.19 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb In a sharp manner, in various senses. So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
The stick was sharply tapered at one end.
- adverb So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
The stick was sharply tapered at one end.
- adverb Rapidly, abruptly.
When I touched the snake it recoiled sharply.
- adverb Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
- adverb Precisely, accurately.
a sharply focused essay
- adverb Quickly and alertly.
Jones, the centre forward, started the game sharply.
- adverb Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
When I asked her about her husband, she replied sharply that she had not seen him for several months.
- adverb Stylishly, smartly.
He was sharply dressed in an expensive suit.
Similar words
aggressively precipitously crisply fiercely vehemently severe keenly viciously severely harshly
Often followed by
with defined to in from and at as divided
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