sharply

[Sharp·ly]

If something happens sharply, it occurs abruptly and intensely. You may hear newscasters gloomily reporting that the price of gas is rising sharply.

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In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

Adverb
in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned"

Adverb
in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined"

Adverb
very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"

Adverb
changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"


adv.
In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.


Sharply

Sharp"ly, adv. In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.
They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.
The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants.
You contract your eye when you would see sharply.

In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

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Usage Examples

Another factor is the decision, made in 1976, to sharply divide the FBI and the foreign intelligence agencies. The FBI would collect within the United States the foreign intelligence agencies would collect overseas.

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Other Usage Examples

What affects men sharply about a foreign nation is not so much finding or not finding familiar things it is rather not finding them in the familiar place.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

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