SH'ARPLY, adverb 1. With a keen edge or a fine point. 2. Severely; rigorously; roughly. They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. 3. Keenly; acutely; vigorously; as the mind and memory sharply exercised. 4. Violently; vehemently. At the arrival of English embassadors, the soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. 5. With keen perception; exactly; minutely. You contract your eye, when you would see sharply. Bacon. 6. Acutely; wittily; with nice discernment.
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