sharplier

Adverb

sharply (comparative sharplier or more sharply, superlative sharpliest or most sharply)

1. So as to terminate in a sharp point or edge.
   • The stick was sharply tapered at one end.
2. Rapidly, abruptly.
   • When I touched the snake it recoiled sharply.
3. (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
4. Precisely, accurately.
   • a sharply focused essay
5. Quickly and alertly.
   • Jones, the centre forward, started the game sharply.
6. Of speech, sternly, harshly or critically.
   • When I asked her about her husband, she replied sharply that she had not seen him for several months.

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