See sharply on Wiktionary
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[
"sharp",
"sharp"
],
[
"acutely",
"acutely"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑɹpli/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːpli/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us-sharply.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/db/En-us-sharply.ogg/En-us-sharply.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/En-us-sharply.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ostro",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "остро"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "rjazko",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "рязко"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "ostře"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "terävästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "kirpeästi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "pistävästi"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "ācriter"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "skarpt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rézko",
"sense": "in a sharp manner",
"word": "ре́зко"
}
],
"word": "sharply"
}
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