1. With a keen edge or a fine point.
2. Severely; rigorously; roughly.
3. They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.
4. Spenser .
5. Keenly; acutely; vigorously; as the mind and memory sharply exercised.
6. Violently; vehemently.
8. With keen perception; exactly; minutely.
9. You contract your eye, when you would see sharply . Bacon .
10. Acutely; wittily; with nice discernment.