Sharpness
['ʃɑrpnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) thinness of edge or fineness of point.
(noun.) the quality of being keenly and painfully felt; 'the sharpness of her loss'.
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Definition
(n.) The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Acuteness, keenness.[2]. Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness.[3]. Pungency, piquancy, acridity.[4]. Severity, sarcasm, satire.[5]. Poignancy, intensity, painfulness, keenness.[6]. Fierceness, violence, ardor.[7]. Shrillness, highness.
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Examples
- The energy which had at once supported him under his old sufferings and aggravated their sharpness, had been gradually restored to him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- By this means a large sheet of paper can be printed off by a single pull, and with more impression and greater sharpness than by two pulls with a wooden press. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- In an instant, and with sharpness, I had turned on her. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ah me, I fear the sharpness of their stings. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- As to the idea of releasing himself by ministering to the sharpness of Dodson & Fogg, it never for an instant entered his thoughts. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The sharpness in her eye turned to a wistful longing as she met Margaret's soft and friendly gaze. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Till he was called back to life,' she added, looking round at Fledgeby with that lower look of sharpness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I'LL circumstance you and control you too,' retorted the person of the house, speaking with vehement sharpness, 'if you talk in that way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I used to ask myself; and this question would occur with a cruel sharpness after some brief chance interview with Dr. John. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The sharpness of the retort was next to telling the Secretary that he lied. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The glare from the jeweller's window, deepening the pallour of her face, gave to its delicate lines the sharpness of a tragic mask. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I had heard enough to determine me on justifying the Count's opinion of my sharpness and my courage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There's something in what she says, though, said Caleb, not disposed to have Mary's sharpness undervalued. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The sharpness must be gone--the point, the poignancy--the deep imprint must be softened away and effaced? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- In the effort to secure greater sharpness in the image cast by the X-Rays, various forms of vacuum tubes have been devised. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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