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Powerfully vs Sharply - What's the difference?

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Powerfully is a related term of sharply.


As adverbs the difference between powerfully and sharply

is that powerfully is in a powerful manner while sharply is in a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.

powerfully

English

Alternative forms

* powrefully (obsolete)

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a powerful manner.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Everton 0 - 2 Liverpool , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Little had been seen of £35m man Carroll until just after the restart when he twice rose powerfully to meet corners, forcing Louis Saha to clear acrobatically off the line and Howard to save low at his post.}}

    Synonyms

    * forcefully, strongly, vigorously

    sharply

    English

    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.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=
    • , 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.