SHARPLY Copy link • SHARPLYPROP., acute. Of the senses, acute (cernere, audire): acriter (intueri aliquid). Of the mental powers, acute, acriter, subtiliter. [SYN. under SHARP.] Severely, severe: amare: acerbe: aspere: graviter. To accuse one sharply, acerbe or graviter accusare aliquem: to reproach one sharply, aspere vituperare aliquem.