"sharply" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ʃɑɹpli/ [General-American], /ʃɑːpli/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-sharply.ogg [US] Forms: sharplier [comparative], more sharply [comparative], sharpliest [superlative], most sharply [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English sharply, scharply, from Old English sċearplīċe (“sharply, smartly”), equivalent to sharp + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sharply}} Middle English sharply, {{m|enm|scharply}} scharply, {{inh|en|ang|sċearplīċe|t=sharply, smartly}} Old English sċearplīċe (“sharply, smartly”), {{af|en|sharp|-ly}} sharp + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv|er|more}} sharply (comparative sharplier or more sharply, superlative sharpliest or most sharply)
  1. In a sharp manner. Translations (in a sharp manner): остро (ostro) (Bulgarian), рязко (rjazko) (Bulgarian), ostře (Czech), terävästi (Finnish), kirpeästi (Finnish), pistävästi (Finnish), ācriter (Latin), skarpt (Norwegian Bokmål), ре́зко (rézko) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-sharply-en-adv-OnAh-uq6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 13 35 3 Disambiguation of 'in a sharp manner': 78 2 10 6 3
  2. (to describe breathing) Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction.
    Sense id: en-sharply-en-adv-OMchURNC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 13 35 3
  3. In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner.
    Sense id: en-sharply-en-adv-j0KQS4zC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 13 35 3
  4. Severely.
    Sense id: en-sharply-en-adv-BfU1gsv8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 12 13 35 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 23 17 16 38 6
  5. Of speech, delivered in a stern or harsh tone.
    Sense id: en-sharply-en-adv-35-N5DFx

Inflected forms

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