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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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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]