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Sharpness

noun

A quick and penetrating intelligence. Synonyms: acuity, acuteness, keenness. "I admired the keenness of his mind"

The attribute of urgency in tone of voice. Synonym: edge.

A strong odor or taste property. Synonyms: bite, pungency, raciness. "The sulfurous bite of garlic" , "The sharpness of strange spices" , "The raciness of the wine"

The quality of being keenly and painfully felt.

Thinness of edge or fineness of point. Synonym: keenness. Antonym: dullness.

The quality of being sharp and clear. Synonym: distinctness. Antonyms: indistinctness, softness.

Harshness of manner. Synonym: asperity. Antonym: dullness.

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"Sharpness" Quotes from Famous Books

... There was no sign of weakness nor of hesitation about him now. Instead, he seemed to have suddenly recovered all the sharpness and vigour with which two at any rate of the three men who were so intently watching him had always associated with him. He sat erect and watchful in his chair, and his voice became clear ...

— The Borough Treasurer • Joseph Smith Fletcher

... deny that he was—and for the rest he could hardly get his words out with the sharpness of his hunger whetted still keener by the blessed smell of cooking. But he ...

— Seven Icelandic Short Stories • Various

... and not far from the companionway, as though he had just come up from below, our hero beheld a figure the face of which he had seen so imperfectly once before by the flash of his own pistol in the darkness. Upon this occasion, however, the whole figure was stamped out with intense sharpness against the darkness, and Barnaby beheld, as clear as day, a great burly man, clad in a tawdry tinsel coat, with a cocked hat with gold braid upon his head. His legs, with petticoat breeches and cased in great leathern sea-boots pulled up to his knees, stood planted wide ...

— Stolen Treasure • Howard Pyle

... howl. I reckon the weather has a good deal to do with the local temperament. The reason a New York man takes life so easily with all his rush is that his climate don't worry him. But a Boston man must be rasped the whole while by the edge in his air. That accounts for his sharpness; and when he's lived through twenty-five or thirty Boston Mays, he gets to thinking that Providence has some particular use for him, or he wouldn't have survived, and ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... be known by the length and sharpness of their spurs; in young ones they are short and blunt. The cock bird is generally reckoned the best, except when the hen is with egg. They should hang some time before they are dressed, as, if they are cooked fresh, the flesh will be exceedingly ...

— The Book of Household Management • Mrs. Isabella Beeton

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