Adverbial sharply has 4 senses
  1. aggressively, sharply - in an aggressive manner; "she was being sharply questioned"
  2. sharply, crisply - in a well delineated manner; "the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined"
    Derived from adjective sharp1
  3. sharply, sharp - changing suddenly in direction and degree; "the road twists sharply after the light"; "turn sharp left here"
    Derived from adjective sharp13
  4. precipitously, sharply - very suddenly and to a great degree; "conditions that precipitously increase the birthrate"; "prices rose sharply"
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