King James Bible

SH'ARPLY, adverb

1. With a keen edge or a fine point.

2. Severely; rigorously; roughly.

They are to be more sharply chastised and reformed than the rude Irish.

Spenser.

3. Keenly; acutely; vigorously; as the mind and memory sharply exercised.

4. Violently; vehemently.

At the arrival of English embassadors, the soldiers were sharply assailed with wants. Hayward.

5. With keen perception; exactly; minutely.

You contract your eye, when you would see sharply. Bacon.

6. Acutely; wittily; with nice discernment.