sharply

adv.

In a sharp manner,; keenly; acutely.

They are more sharply to be chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.

Spenser.

The soldiers were sharply assailed with wants.

Hayward.

You contract your eye when you would see sharply.

Bacon.

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IN BRIEF: adv. - In a well delineated manner; Very suddenly and to a great degree.

Look sharply after your own thoughts. — Ralph Waldo Emerson