sharpness

SH'ARPNESS, noun 1. Keenness of an edge or point; as the sharpness of a razor or a dart.2. Not obtuseness.3. Pungency; acidity; as the sharpness of vinegar.4. Pungency of pain; keenness; severity of pain or affliction; as the sharpness of pain, grief or anguish.5. Painfulness; afflictiveness; as the sharpness or calamity.And the best quarrels in the heat are curstBy those that feel their sharpness. Shak.6. Sverity of language; pungency; satirical sarcasm; as the sharpness of a satire or rebuke.Some did all folly with just sharpness blame. Dryden.7. Acuteness of intellect; the power of nice discernment; quickness of understanding; ingenuity; as sharpness of wit or understanding.8. Quickness of sense or perception; as the sharpness of sight.9. Keenness; sverity as the sharpness of the air or weather