# sharply

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈʃɑɹpli/ · frequency rank #8,484

## Definitions
1. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
2. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
3. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
4. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
5. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
6. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
7. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
8. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
9. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
10. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
11. In a sharp manner, in various senses.
12. In a sharp manner, in various senses.

## Etymology
From Middle English sharply, scharply, from Old English sċearplīċe (“sharply, smartly”), equivalent to sharp + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **sharps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharply-vs-sharps)
- **shortly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharply-vs-shortly)
- **sparkly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharply-vs-sparkly)
- **smartly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharply-vs-smartly)
- **starkly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharply-vs-starkly)
- **sharp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharp-vs-sharply)
- **sharpe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpe-vs-sharply)
- **sharper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharper-vs-sharply)
- **sharpen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpen-vs-sharply)
- **sharpie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharpie-vs-sharply)
- **Sharkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sharkey-vs-sharply)
- **shapely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shapely-vs-sharply)

## Common misspellings (12)
`hsarply`, `sahrply`, `shaprly`, `sharlpy`, `sharplly`, `sharplyy`, `sharpply`, `sharpyl`, `sharrply`, `shharply`, `shraply`, `ssharply`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sharply