sharpish

How to use sharpish in a sentence

• A dark chap did once—through the ribs—it didn't feel so bad, a little sharpish at first; why didn't he aim a bit higher?

  Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

• In five minutes they were all a-moving along in one mob at a pretty sharpish trot like a lot of store cattle.

  Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

• We rode up sharpish, and showed our revolvers, singing out to him to 'bail up'.

  Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

• My patience was exhausted, and I struck him a sharpish blow across the mouth, a hint that he took that he had better keep quiet.

  The Adventures of Captain Mago | Lon Cahun

• There was something a little unsatisfactory in the countenance of this light-haired youth, with the sharpish upturned nose.

  Uncle Silas | J. S. LeFanu