Word Finder - sharpest

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Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.

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A face with sharp features

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Intelligent.

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My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.

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Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

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Higher in pitch than required.

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The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.

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Having an intense, acrid flavour.

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Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.

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Sudden and intense.

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A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.

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Illegal or dishonest.

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Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.

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Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.

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a sharp dealer;  a sharp customer

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Exact, precise, accurate; keen.

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You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.

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Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.

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When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.

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Stylish or attractive.

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You look so sharp in that tuxedo!

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Observant; alert; acute.

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Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!

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Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.

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Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.

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Steep; precipitous; abrupt.

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a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve

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(of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.

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Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.

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Tactical; risky.

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Piercing; keen; severe; painful.

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a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air

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Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.

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a sharp appetite

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Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.

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Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.

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Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.

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Hungry.

This campaign presents the sharpest contrast to that of Bohemia.

However, if you want the sharpest vision up close, you'll want to opt for what's on that little piece of paper.

Do you always have to have the sharpest look, the newest shape and style?

Shoe shines are a great way to keep your nice leather shoes looking their sharpest.

Whether you're a hardcore anime cosplay enthusiast or just looking for a neat Halloween costume, this is one of the sharpest and easiest recreations there is.

When at times I think, as think at times I must, of the appalling contrast between the hallowed glory of that creed which once was mine, and the lonely mystery of existence as now I find it - at such times I shall ever feel it impossible to avoid the sharpest pang of which my nature is susceptible."

Soft contact lenses, on the other hand, are known for their comfort but not for giving the sharpest vision possible because they can be so dependent on the tear content of the eye.

Polarized lenses are the most efficient at offering you the sharpest vision available when the sun seems out to make driving a challenge and playing sports almost impossible.

If he's in charge of company sales, his sales team will be the sharpest, the brightest and the most productive in the industry.

I xplained Howie wasn't the sharpest blade in the knife drawer and he didn't react well when pressured.

Until the end of his life he remained a protagonist in theological controversy and a keen fighter against latitudinarianism and liberalism; but the sharpest religious or political differences never broke his personal friendships and his Christian charity.

He publicly protested, in the sharpest language, that unless Johannes Magni were recognized at Rome as archbishop of Upsala, he was determined, Breach with of his own royal authority, henceforward to order Rome. ?

This tenacity of the Saga stands in the sharpest contrast with the fact that the historical memory of the Persian is extremely defective.

Mazandaran comprises two distinct natural regions presenting the sharpest contrasts in their relief, climate and products.

He revelled in bloody gladiatorial displays, and the sharpest swords used on such occasions were called "Drusine."

Here we see at their sharpest the social prejudices that Disraeli had to fight against, provocation of them carried to its utmost in every way open to him, and complete conquest in a company of young men less likely to admit superiority in a wit of their own years, probably, than any other that could have been brought together at that time.

Both Stoic and Cynic maintained, in its sharpest form, the fundamental tenet that the practical knowledge which is virtue, with the condition of soul that is inseparable from it, is alone to be accounted good.

But he does not seek to reconcile the antitheses of thought and being by weakening and hiding the points of difference; on the contrary, he brings them out in their sharpest outlines.

The three tracts belonging to the years 1763-1764 bring forward in the sharpest fashion the essential opposition between the two classes of judgments.

War is the ultimate and sharpest test of the soundness of a state, and to this test Russia was submitted soon after the accession of Nicholas, who could not be blind to the revelations that resulted, though he drew the wrong moral.

Near the center of the back of the retina is an area called the macula, which is the point of sharpest vision.

Most people visiting a high street optician are asked to indicate verbally which lens gives the sharpest image.

I put it down to jealousy and ignore them - they're usually not the sharpest prong on the fork.

We were seeing the sharpest slowdown in global economic activity for almost thirty years.

These will give you the sharpest contrast against glare from the sun while driving.

You want to be absolutely sure that the sleeves are the right length and the jacket hits your hip at the right point - this will result in the sharpest, most powerful look.

The diversity of practice on this point drew one of the sharpest lines between reformers and orthodox, until the disorders introduced by these religious wars tempted the latter to imitate in considerable numbers the licence of their rivals.

It is of handsome outline, and with leaves the stiffest and sharpest of all, which renders it cattle proof.