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Definition of sharply in English: sharplyadverb ˈʃɑːpliˈʃɑrpli 1With a sharp or steeply tapering edge or point. sharply angular buildings Example sentencesExamples - They are oriented either to the cathedral and the sharply angled, gorgeously finished campanile or to the plaza with olive trees and other symbolic plants.
- It is a sharply bent elbow or a protruding knee that becomes a kind of fulcrum and guide for radiating and zigzagging patterns of wrinkles and folds in the draperies.
- Its sharply chiseled face conveys only minimal anatomical detail.
- The massive, fortified churches in Estonia are characteristic of the Roman style, in spite of their sharply arched portals and arches.
- The sculptural solidity of the forms and the sharply creased and complex drapery folds are characteristic of the youthful Bronzino.
- He created a snazzy facade of silver squares with rounded corners that create sharply pointed stars at their junctures.
- Cedar cladding and roofing echo the wooded surroundings, while sharply pitched gables keep the home's scale from overwhelming the hilltop.
- Each of these pieces is a plate-thin, gracefully curving slab of porcelain with sharply beveled edges, resting horizontally on a squat wooden support.
- They share specific features, such as the sharply pointed fronds and the sinuous stalks of flowers growing out of the volutes.
- He had assisted the artist with that piece by making the laminated-wood 'bacon' pieces and a sharply pointed dowel stuck into the body of the sandwich.
2With a sudden, piercing physical sensation or effect; intensely. champagne can be sharply acidic Example sentencesExamples - These tomatillos are small, sharply flavoured fruits.
- Quince, a lumpy, pale-yellow fruit related to the apple, has a tart, sharply astringent taste straight off the tree.
- The Central Coast Sauvignon Blancs smack sharply of the herbaceous or grassy flavours for which the Sauvignon is so widely noted.
- A magenta pile of sharply marinated red cabbage anchors the plate, along with a milder chopped romaine salad.
- From a faint warmth through a decided warmth it passes to a definite heat, first pleasant, then dully painful, then sharply painful.
- The alcohol on the blade makes it burn sharply, but no expression crosses my face, and I make no sound of pain.
- As promised, it does taste sharply of lime, and the result is a pleasant numbness of the tongue.
- This chilli pepper is very small and bites sharply.
- They did penance by lashing themselves with sharply stinging nettles.
- My foot hurt sharply when I stepped down off the train.
- 2.1 In a critical or hurtful manner; strongly or harshly.
the plans have been sharply criticized he made enemies by his sharply worded attacks on opponents Example sentencesExamples - The trend to emphasize the autonomy of form and dismiss subject matter was sharply criticized by the art historian.
- Erasmus sharply criticized the theory of 'just war'.
- One never knows whether to stand next to one's piece to answer questions, enduring the sharply critical looks or weird questions from the press for the sake of the show.
- As she hesitates, trying to grasp what is happening, he sharply barks as if she were an enemy.
- The group is hired by the menacing crime lord who speaks sharply and carries a big gun.
- All eyes are fixed on the empress rather than the emperor, who looks sharply at her.
- A businessman with no academic credentials, he has been sharply criticized by curators and scholars for favoring popular entertainment in order to increase attendance.
- He could be sharply satirical, and occasionally he expressed himself in a totally different vein, as in this hauntingly melancholic marine picture.
- Movies about artists are often criticized sharply for lack of insight, and I'm not sure why.
- He comments sharply on the changes in British society and re-endorses the importance of humanist over materialist values.
3In a way that is distinct in outline or detail; clearly. the waitress had a sharply defined jaw sharply delineated images Example sentencesExamples - Details are sharply defined, with only a hair's breadth of edge enhancement occasionally visible.
- Suddenly it comes sharply into focus: it's the moon, craters, and crevices clearly defined.
- The brushwork is delicate, each brick sharply defined, the leaves on trees flawlessly rendered, window reflections given an equally discerning treatment.
- His sharply defined images and his metaphysical view of space and time pointed to a pictorial concept that was entirely his own.
- Unlike the sharply delineated black-and-white images of empty theatres and seascapes for which he is best known, these photographs are intentionally fuzzy.
- There are shots of the garrison, the dry grass and flowers rustling in the wind, and the sharply defined, dilapidated stone walls and statues.
- Optical rhythms and illusions combine with forms sharply delineated by means of tape.
- Shadow detail is terrific, except in scenes meant to be shown in silhouette, where contrast is sharply delineated.
- The drawings are so dense with graphite and so sharply outlined against a larger white sheet that they appear to adhere to it like a postage stamp.
- Nearer petals are thickly troweled yellow dabs that stand out sharply from a thinner lavender ground, where petals and twigs merge as they lose focus.
4With a sudden and marked change; dramatically. housing values have risen sharply a sharply deteriorating economy Example sentencesExamples - Co-op members could be charged substantial taxes on the gain in their co-op stock value, which has risen sharply.
- Preconditioning programs are not new, but interest in them has increased sharply during recent years.
- Despite increases in Canada's planted corn area, US corn sales rose sharply to meet feed grain demand.
- By summer, rhetoric shifted sharply in the dealer's favor.
- Seed sale averages climbed sharply, up 23 per cent.
- Average profitability among participants in two of the farm management programs rose sharply in 1999.
- The bumper crop sharply surpassed the 280,000 tons the industry annually sells.
- The evaluation of photography, in both aesthetic and market terms, rose sharply in the 1960s.
- Organic corn and soybean prices were up sharply this year.
- Sharply declining tobacco marketing quotas raise questions about the sustainability of that program.
- 4.1 With a sudden change of direction.
his car swerved sharply to the left each roof has ends that curve sharply upward Example sentencesExamples - The film sharply swings back to the real world.
- Visitors' cars arrive via a narrow road and pass a security checkpoint before swinging sharply into a paved drive.
- He had exposed the southern flank the previous afternoon when he had swung his panzers sharply westwards towards the English Channel.
- A DVT can be present without signs or symptoms but may cause swelling or pain, particularly when the foot is flexed sharply upward.
- The driver turned sharply left, down a short slope towards an open field.
- Take the gesture, as in these statues, of lifting the hem of a skirt, or pulling it sharply to one side.
- One of the cars had to veer sharply back behind the tractor while the third car pulled in front of the tractor.
- Like the eponymous road that twists and turns dangerously through the Hollywood Hills, the plot veers sharply left and right, doubling back on itself again.
- One facade angles back sharply from the corner, where an open structural frame denotes the entrance.
- West of Moscow, the river, already a broad stream, turns sharply southwards and, widening and deepening as it goes, flows towards the Black Sea.
5With speed of perception, comprehension, or response. a sharply observed account he had to react sharply to repel a shot at his near post Example sentencesExamples - The images look very good, the transfer sharply capturing the nuances of light and shade.
- The seminar leader observes sharply.
- Both directors stay sharply and primarily focused on a human subject, in each case a man who appointed himself to be the protector of the animals.
- Two experiences sharply remain fixed in my mind, scenes that will forever remind me of how hate can ever so subtly linger.
- Watch sharply, for you have to render a decision without any "if's" and "and's" in it.
- The details of these walls are so sharply caught that one is reminded of similar walls in one's life.
- He sharply reacted with utter disappointment and displeasure in his talks with Congress about the national flag.
- Investors have reacted sharply to yesterday's political developments.
- He can take the service to Watford, sharply noting en route such gems as Berkhamsted, where Graham Greene went to school.
- We are sharply watching their disturbing moves, which have pushed the situation to the brink of war.
Definition of sharply in US English: sharplyadverbˈʃɑrpliˈSHärplē 1With a sharp or steeply tapering edge or point. sharply angular buildings Example sentencesExamples - It is a sharply bent elbow or a protruding knee that becomes a kind of fulcrum and guide for radiating and zigzagging patterns of wrinkles and folds in the draperies.
- They are oriented either to the cathedral and the sharply angled, gorgeously finished campanile or to the plaza with olive trees and other symbolic plants.
- The sculptural solidity of the forms and the sharply creased and complex drapery folds are characteristic of the youthful Bronzino.
- Cedar cladding and roofing echo the wooded surroundings, while sharply pitched gables keep the home's scale from overwhelming the hilltop.
- They share specific features, such as the sharply pointed fronds and the sinuous stalks of flowers growing out of the volutes.
- He had assisted the artist with that piece by making the laminated-wood 'bacon' pieces and a sharply pointed dowel stuck into the body of the sandwich.
- The massive, fortified churches in Estonia are characteristic of the Roman style, in spite of their sharply arched portals and arches.
- Each of these pieces is a plate-thin, gracefully curving slab of porcelain with sharply beveled edges, resting horizontally on a squat wooden support.
- He created a snazzy facade of silver squares with rounded corners that create sharply pointed stars at their junctures.
- Its sharply chiseled face conveys only minimal anatomical detail.
2With a sudden, piercing physical sensation or effect; intensely. champagne can be sharply acidic Example sentencesExamples - Quince, a lumpy, pale-yellow fruit related to the apple, has a tart, sharply astringent taste straight off the tree.
- They did penance by lashing themselves with sharply stinging nettles.
- The Central Coast Sauvignon Blancs smack sharply of the herbaceous or grassy flavours for which the Sauvignon is so widely noted.
- From a faint warmth through a decided warmth it passes to a definite heat, first pleasant, then dully painful, then sharply painful.
- A magenta pile of sharply marinated red cabbage anchors the plate, along with a milder chopped romaine salad.
- As promised, it does taste sharply of lime, and the result is a pleasant numbness of the tongue.
- These tomatillos are small, sharply flavoured fruits.
- The alcohol on the blade makes it burn sharply, but no expression crosses my face, and I make no sound of pain.
- This chilli pepper is very small and bites sharply.
- My foot hurt sharply when I stepped down off the train.
- 2.1 In a critical or hurtful manner; strongly or harshly.
the plans have been sharply criticized he made enemies by his sharply worded attacks on opponents Example sentencesExamples - One never knows whether to stand next to one's piece to answer questions, enduring the sharply critical looks or weird questions from the press for the sake of the show.
- As she hesitates, trying to grasp what is happening, he sharply barks as if she were an enemy.
- The group is hired by the menacing crime lord who speaks sharply and carries a big gun.
- Movies about artists are often criticized sharply for lack of insight, and I'm not sure why.
- The trend to emphasize the autonomy of form and dismiss subject matter was sharply criticized by the art historian.
- He comments sharply on the changes in British society and re-endorses the importance of humanist over materialist values.
- Erasmus sharply criticized the theory of 'just war'.
- A businessman with no academic credentials, he has been sharply criticized by curators and scholars for favoring popular entertainment in order to increase attendance.
- He could be sharply satirical, and occasionally he expressed himself in a totally different vein, as in this hauntingly melancholic marine picture.
- All eyes are fixed on the empress rather than the emperor, who looks sharply at her.
3In a way that is distinct in outline or detail; clearly. the waitress had a sharply defined jaw sharply delineated images Example sentencesExamples - There are shots of the garrison, the dry grass and flowers rustling in the wind, and the sharply defined, dilapidated stone walls and statues.
- The drawings are so dense with graphite and so sharply outlined against a larger white sheet that they appear to adhere to it like a postage stamp.
- Optical rhythms and illusions combine with forms sharply delineated by means of tape.
- Unlike the sharply delineated black-and-white images of empty theatres and seascapes for which he is best known, these photographs are intentionally fuzzy.
- Suddenly it comes sharply into focus: it's the moon, craters, and crevices clearly defined.
- Shadow detail is terrific, except in scenes meant to be shown in silhouette, where contrast is sharply delineated.
- His sharply defined images and his metaphysical view of space and time pointed to a pictorial concept that was entirely his own.
- The brushwork is delicate, each brick sharply defined, the leaves on trees flawlessly rendered, window reflections given an equally discerning treatment.
- Details are sharply defined, with only a hair's breadth of edge enhancement occasionally visible.
- Nearer petals are thickly troweled yellow dabs that stand out sharply from a thinner lavender ground, where petals and twigs merge as they lose focus.
4With a sudden and marked change; dramatically. housing values have risen sharply a sharply deteriorating economy Example sentencesExamples - Sharply declining tobacco marketing quotas raise questions about the sustainability of that program.
- The evaluation of photography, in both aesthetic and market terms, rose sharply in the 1960s.
- Seed sale averages climbed sharply, up 23 per cent.
- Co-op members could be charged substantial taxes on the gain in their co-op stock value, which has risen sharply.
- Average profitability among participants in two of the farm management programs rose sharply in 1999.
- Despite increases in Canada's planted corn area, US corn sales rose sharply to meet feed grain demand.
- Preconditioning programs are not new, but interest in them has increased sharply during recent years.
- Organic corn and soybean prices were up sharply this year.
- The bumper crop sharply surpassed the 280,000 tons the industry annually sells.
- By summer, rhetoric shifted sharply in the dealer's favor.
- 4.1 With a sudden change of direction.
his car swerved sharply to the left each roof has ends that curve sharply upward Example sentencesExamples - One facade angles back sharply from the corner, where an open structural frame denotes the entrance.
- He had exposed the southern flank the previous afternoon when he had swung his panzers sharply westwards towards the English Channel.
- Visitors' cars arrive via a narrow road and pass a security checkpoint before swinging sharply into a paved drive.
- West of Moscow, the river, already a broad stream, turns sharply southwards and, widening and deepening as it goes, flows towards the Black Sea.
- The film sharply swings back to the real world.
- Take the gesture, as in these statues, of lifting the hem of a skirt, or pulling it sharply to one side.
- The driver turned sharply left, down a short slope towards an open field.
- A DVT can be present without signs or symptoms but may cause swelling or pain, particularly when the foot is flexed sharply upward.
- Like the eponymous road that twists and turns dangerously through the Hollywood Hills, the plot veers sharply left and right, doubling back on itself again.
- One of the cars had to veer sharply back behind the tractor while the third car pulled in front of the tractor.
5With speed of perception, comprehension, or response. a sharply observed account he had to react sharply to repel a shot at his near post Example sentencesExamples - He sharply reacted with utter disappointment and displeasure in his talks with Congress about the national flag.
- The details of these walls are so sharply caught that one is reminded of similar walls in one's life.
- Watch sharply, for you have to render a decision without any "if's" and "and's" in it.
- The seminar leader observes sharply.
- Investors have reacted sharply to yesterday's political developments.
- He can take the service to Watford, sharply noting en route such gems as Berkhamsted, where Graham Greene went to school.
- The images look very good, the transfer sharply capturing the nuances of light and shade.
- We are sharply watching their disturbing moves, which have pushed the situation to the brink of war.
- Both directors stay sharply and primarily focused on a human subject, in each case a man who appointed himself to be the protector of the animals.
- Two experiences sharply remain fixed in my mind, scenes that will forever remind me of how hate can ever so subtly linger.
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