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]