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SH'ARPNESS, n.

1. Keenness of an edge or point as the sharpness of a razor or a dart.
2. Not obtuseness.
3. Pungency acidity as the sharpness of vinegar.
4. Pungency of pain keenness severity of pain or affliction as the sharpness of pain, grief or anguish.
5. Painfulness afflictiveness as the sharpness or calamity.

And the best quarrels in the heat are curst

By those that feel their sharpness. Shak.

6. Sverity of language pungency satirical sarcasm as the sharpness of a satire or rebuke.

Some did all folly with just sharpness blame. Dryden.

7. Acuteness of intellect the power of nice discernment quickness of understanding ingenuity as sharpness of wit or understanding.
8. Quickness of sense or perception as the sharpness of sight.
9. Keenness sverity as the sharpness of the air or weather.
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Entry for 'Sharpness'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​s/sharpness.html.
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