Sharpnessname

• 1

  An inland port in Hinton parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6702).

sharpnessnoun

• 1

  the cutting ability of an edge; keenness.

• 2

  the fineness of the point a pointed object.

• 3

  The product or result of being sharp.

  • The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.
• 4

  pungency or acidity.

• 5

  distinctness, focus.

• 6

  acuteness or acuity.

  • Mrs. PAGE is gifted with a pleasing voice, which is yet imperfectly weeded of certain sharpnesses, but seems susceptible of a wide range of melodious inflection.
  • A lack of match sharpness was perhaps to blame for Rooney squandering England's best chance after 27 minutes.
• 7

  obsoleteedge or blade

  • CUT-WATER, or KNEE OF THE HEAD [S.] the ſharpneſs of the head of the ſhip, below the beak;
  • also thei smytiden bi the scharpnesse of swerd, oxun, and scheep, and assis.