 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sharply
adverb
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sharply \Sharp"ly\, adverb
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.
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
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