sharply

SH'ARPLY, adverb 1. With a keen edge or a fine point.2. Severely; rigorously; roughly.They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.Spenser.3. Keenly; acutely; vigorously; as the mind and memory sharply exercised.4. Violently; vehemently.At the arrival of English embassadors, the soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward.5. With keen perception; exactly; minutely.You contract your eye, when you would see sharply. Bacon.6. Acutely; wittily; with nice discernment