sharpest
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Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily; not obtuse or rounded.
โA face with sharp featuresโ
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Intelligent.
โMy nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.โ
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Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol โฏ after the name of the note).
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Higher in pitch than required.
โThe orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.โ
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Having an intense, acrid flavour.
โMilly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.โ
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Sudden and intense.
โA pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.โ
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Illegal or dishonest.
โMichael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.โ
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Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
โa sharp dealer;โ a sharp customerโ
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Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
โYou'll need sharp aim to make that shot.โ
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Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
โWhen the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.โ
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Stylish or attractive.
โYou look so sharp in that tuxedo!โ
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Observant; alert; acute.
โKeep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!โ
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Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
โDrive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.โ
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Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
โa sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curveโ
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(of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
โSure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.โ
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Tactical; risky.
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Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
โa sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter airโ
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Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
โa sharp appetiteโ
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Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
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Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
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Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
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Hungry.
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