sharp-edged

[ shahrp-ejd ]
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adjective
  1. having a fine edge or edges.

  2. acute and caustic: a sharp-edged wit.

Origin of sharp-edged

1
before 1000; Old English scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); see sharp, edge, -ed3

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How to use sharp-edged in a sentence

  • I said I had no right to ask more than he chose to tell; and at this he blurted out an oath and let me have the sharp-edged truth.

    The Master of Appleby | Francis Lynde
  • But, my dear, discipline is a sharp-edged tool which men do well to let alone, except for children.

    Out in the Forty-Five | Emily Sarah Holt