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Sharper

noun

1.

A professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. Synonyms: card shark, card sharp, card sharper, cardsharp, cardsharper, sharpie, sharpy.

Sharp

adjective

(compar. sharper; superl. sharpest)

1.

(of something seen or heard) clearly defined. Synonym: crisp. "The sharp crack of a twig" , "The crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot"

2.

Ending in a sharp point. Synonyms: acuate, acute, needlelike.

3.

Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions. Synonyms: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing. "Incisive comments" , "Icy knifelike reasoning" , "As sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang" , "Penetrating insight" , "Frequent penetrative observations"

4.

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence. Synonyms: astute, shrewd. "An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease" , "He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

5.

Harsh. Synonyms: sharp-worded, tart. "A sharp-worded exchange" , "A tart remark"

6.

Having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones. Synonym: shrill. "A shrill gaiety"

7.

Extremely steep. Synonyms: abrupt, precipitous. "The precipitous rapids of the upper river" , "The precipitous hills of Chinese paintings" , "A sharp drop"

8.

Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point. "Sharp winds"

9.

Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing. "A pencil with a sharp point"

10.

(of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone.

11.

Very sudden and in great amount or degree.

12.

Quick and forceful.

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"Sharper" Quotes from Famous Books

... less and less; the native life showed itself more in the sparsity of the sojourners. The sweet fern in the open fields, and the brakes and blackberry-vines among the bowlders, were blighted with the cold wind; even the sea-weed swaying at the foot of the rocks seemed to feel a sharper chill than that of the brine. A storm came, and strewed the beach with kelp, and blew over half the bath-houses; and then the hardiest lingerer ceased to talk of staying through October. There began to ...

— The Story of a Play - A Novel • W. D. Howells

... no angelic mood. Her cheek was swollen and her face ached. The schoolroom was cold and smoky, for the fire refused to burn and the children were huddled about it in shivering groups. Anne sent them to their seats with a sharper tone than she had ever used before. Anthony Pye strutted to his with his usual impertinent swagger and she saw him whisper something to his seat-mate and then glance at her with ...

— Anne Of Avonlea • Lucy Maud Montgomery

... in four languages hung upon the wall, and, to add to his cheerfulness, it advised him to leave all his valuables at the office of the hotel—as if he had penetrated a forest infested with brigands. The rigid writing warned him still further that they looked upon him as a probable sharper, and that his bill would be ...

— A Romance of Youth, Complete • Francois Coppee

... was a very faithful steward, and very respectful to my lady; although sometimes, I thought she was sharper to him than to any one else; perhaps because she knew that, although he never said anything, he disapproved of the Hanburys being made to pay for the Earl Ludlow's ...

— My Lady Ludlow • Elizabeth Gaskell

... sharper and clearer out of the darkness in the direction of the town, the first stroke of nine o'clock from the tower of the new church. Before the second stroke had sounded she was hanging by her two hands from the ledge. She ...

— Kate Bonnet - The Romance of a Pirate's Daughter • Frank R. Stockton

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