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Sharply vs Dramatically - What's the difference?

sharply | dramatically |

As adverbs the difference between sharply and dramatically

is that sharply is in a sharp manner; pertaining to precision while dramatically is in a dramatic manner.

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.
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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.

    dramatically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a dramatic manner.
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  • See also

    * significantly * drastically * strikingly