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sharp-edged

[ shahrp-ejd ]

/ ˈʃɑrpˈɛdʒd /

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adjective

having a fine edge or edges.

acute and caustic: a sharp-edged wit.

Origin of sharp-edged

before 1000; Old English scearpecgede (not recorded in ME); see sharp, edge, -ed³

Words nearby sharp-edged

sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp practice, sharp-cut, sharp-eared, sharp-edged, sharp-eyed, sharp-focus realism, sharp-freeze, sharp-nosed, sharp-set

Example sentences from the Web for sharp-edged

Sharp-edged attacks, particularly by male rivals, risk running afoul of the societal bias against, essentially, hitting a girl.

Both Parties Want Binders Full of Women |Justin Green |April 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Albini and Nastasia make a quieter team, but her songs are nonetheless powerful and sharp-edged where they need to be.

The Yes List—A Stunning New Folk Album You Need to Hear |The Daily Beast |June 25, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He had sustained a scalp wound where a sharp-edged rock had hit him.

The Iron Boys in the Mines |James R. Mears
The belching glare of a distant foundry, wiping out the sharp-edged stars.

Babbitt |Sinclair Lewis

The rings to which the rhyme refers are of huge size, of silver, with a sharp-edged square of the same metal.

The Galaxy |Various
Besides, there are other precise, angular creatures, and these sharp-edged persons wound each other terribly.

Friends in Council |Arthur Helps
But I ain't such a stickler for sharp-edged goodness myself nor in any way at all virtuous.

Green Valley |Katharine Reynolds