sharply Copy link Outline I. With a keen edge or fine pointII. With energy or severity1. acrĭter2. ăcerbē (with temper and bitterness)3. aspĕrē (harshly, with asperity)4. grăvĭterIII. Of the mental powers, in colloquial language • sharply: I. With a keen edge or fine point: ăcūtē: Lucr.: Cic.: v. adjj. under sharp (I.). II. With energy or severity: 1. acrĭter: Cic.: Caes. 2. ăcerbē (with temper and bitterness): s. severe on his son, ac. in filium severus, Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112. to attack any one somewhat s. (i. e. with words) in aliquem acerbius invehi, id. Am. 16, 57. 3. aspĕrē (harshly, with asperity): M. Cato spoke s., etc., M. Cato a. locutus est, id. de Or. 1, 53, 227. v. harshly. 4. grăvĭter: v. severely, harshly. III. Of the mental powers, in colloquial language: ăcūtē, acrĭter, subtīlĭter: v. keenly.
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.