Shārp'ly, adv.

adv. In a sharp manner; with a keen edge or fine point; with keen perception or discernment; keenly; acutely; severely; rigorously; violently; vehemently; wittily. They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish. Spenser. At the arrival of the English embassadors, the soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward. You contract your eye when you would see sharply. Bacon.