sharp-edged

American  

[shahrp-ejd] / ˈʃɑrpˈɛdʒd /

adjective

1. having a fine edge or edges.

2. acute and caustic.

   a sharp-edged wit.

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Etymology

Origin of sharp-edged

before 1000; Old English scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); sharp, edge, -ed ³

Example Sentences

All I can think of is Mr. Harris, and what he’s done for me, and I understand in a way I didn’t before that despite his gruffness and sharp-edged criticisms, he was rooting for me to take charge of me, that he believed in me in a way that my own father never has.

From Literature

Outside the bedroom, Clare plucked a sharp-edged stone from beside the fireplace.

From Literature

I was just about flying through the air, on my way to a not-too-friendly meeting with the ground and some good-sized, sharp-edged stones.

From Literature

This fluidly staged concert version of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s acclaimed revival in Yiddish of this classic American musical brought a sharp-edged authenticity to the story of Tevye the milkman and his marriageable daughters navigating a treacherous world of pogroms and fraying tradition.

From Los Angeles Times

She smiled then, for she remembered how bravely Timothy had helped them escape from those awful pirate thespians in London, with their sharp-edged swords and loud, intricately rhymed choral numbers.

From Literature

Related Words

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