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[ adverb ] in an aggressive manner
Synonyms Examples "she was being sharply questioned" Used in print (Public Papers of the Presidents of the U.S. D. D....)As a result , the scope of this project has been sharply curtailed . (Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)`` You 've give me the wrong change '' , said the customer sharply . (Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)Always provided_that Lucien himself had not dosed her coffee with opium , she thought , as coldly and sharply , again , as Maude might have said it . Related terms |
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[ adverb ] in a well delineated manner
Synonyms Examples "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined" Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Eventually such incidents became more sporadic , and more sharply demarcated from her day-after-day behavior , and in one particular session , after several minutes of such behavior - which , as_usual , went_on without any accompanying words from her - she asked , eagerly , `` Did you see Granny '' ? |
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[ adverb ] changing suddenly in direction and degree
Synonyms Examples "the road twists sharply after the light" "turn sharp left here" Used in print (Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)When it was followed by a second , whining even closer , Cobb swerved sharply aside into a depression . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)They watched the tree until it twisted sharply on a bend . |
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[ adverb ] very suddenly and to a great degree
Synonyms Examples "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate" "prices rose sharply" |
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