Adverb

(en adverb)

In an attentive manner.

* 1908:

`It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively .

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When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively , he cleared his throat and began

Adverb

(en-adv)

In a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.

* {{quote-news

, year=2011 , date=November 11 , author=Rory Houston , title=Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , work=RTE Sport citation , page= , passage=Walters tried a long range shot in the third minute as he opened the game sharply , linking well with Robbie Keane, but goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko gathered the ball with ease.}}

Intellectually alert and penetrating.

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, title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply . The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.}}

* 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

The economy has slowed to a pale shadow of its growth in recent years; inflation is high, the currency is declining sharply against the dollar — but the expectations of Brazilians have rarely been higher, feeding broad intolerance with corruption, bad schools and other government failings.