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I am only quick and rather clever--sharp, as Jigger would say, and with some cunning, too.

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  1. adjective Having a thin edge or a fine point suitable for or capable of cutting or piercing.
  2. adjective Having clear form and detail: a sharp photographic image.
  3. adjective Terminating in an edge or a point: sharp angular cliffs; a sharp nose.
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  • In general, leave the Flatness box blank (0) and the image edge will be 100\% sharp which is most of the time appropriate. —  home
  • Williams's dialogue is razor-sharp, his plotting breakneck, his eye for trends keen, and his empathy with his characters deep. —  SCI FI Wire
  • Mrs Hutchings was previously described as a sharp-minded, independent-spirited pensioner who, after spending two months in hospital following the attacks, is now blind in one eye and requires constant care. —  icScotland
  • Launched by the design house of Liz Claiborne in 2001, MAMBO COLOGNE is classified as a sharp, spicy, lavender, amber fragrance. —  eDealinfo.com - Today's Hot Deals
  • Everything about her looked sharp--her chin was sharp, her elbows were sharp; the glances she cast at Susan over her bread and milk were sharp, and when she spoke her voice sounded sharp also. —  Susan A Story for Children
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Middle English scharp, from Old English scearp; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English sharp, scharp, scherp, ssarp, scærp, from Anglo-Saxon scearp = Old Saxon scarp = OFries. skerp, scherp, scharp = Dutch scherp = Middle Low German Low German scharp = Old High German scarf, scarph (rare), MHG, scharf, scharpf, German scharf = Icelandic skarpr = Swedish Danish skarp (Goth, not recorded), sharp; apparently connected with Anglo-Saxon screpan (preterit scræp), scrape, sceorpan, scrape, and perhaps with sceorfan, cut up, out off: see scrape, scarp, scarf, etc. The Old High German Middle High German sarf, sharp, leel. snarpr, sharp, are prob. not connected with sharp. The words of similar form and sense are very numerous, and exhibit considerable phonetic diversity, indicating that two or more orig. different words have become more or less entangled.
  2. from Middle English sharpen, scharpen, from Anglo-Saxon scerpan, scyrpan (= Old Saxon scerpan = Middle Dutch, Dutch scherpen = Middle Low German scharpen, scherpen = Middle High German scherfen, scherpfen, German schärfen = Swedish skärpa = Danish skjærpe), make sharp, from scearp, sharp: see sharp, adjective
  3. from ME, sharpe; from sharp, adjective
 

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