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sharply meaning

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  • AdverbCOMsharplierCOMmore sharplySUPsharpliestSUPmost sharplySUF-ly
    1. In a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.
      1. Walters tried a long range shot in the third minute as he opened the game sharply, linking well with Robbie Keane, but goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko gathered the ball with ease.
    2. (to describe breathing) Sudden and intense like a gasp, but typically the result of a emotional reaction.
      1. Intellectually alert and penetrating.
        1. Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.
      2. Severely.
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose.  A bullet struck him.   The ship struck a reef. ‎

      Meaning of sharply for the defined word.

      Grammatically, this word "sharply" is an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adverbs
          • Morphemes
            • Suffixes
              • Words by suffix
                • Words suffixed with -ly
          Difficultness: Level 1
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          Look-Alike Words
          1. en hardly
          2. en shortly
          3. en shapely
          4. en sharpen
          5. en starkly