Thinness of edge or fineness of point

Usage examples of sharpness.

He disliked Paul Mansell, whose shrewdness verged on sharpness, and who had been divorced from his wife.

Subtly the keening song of the spinning, precessing gyroscopes wavered and, as it did so, the outlines of the people and instruments in the control room lost their sharpness, while the colors of everything momentarily dulled and then became more vivid.

Bernard, with the sharpness of his wit and zeal, has stigmatized the vices of the rebellious people.

North of that line the sharpness of the parting wall becomes less distinct, the stream spreads out broadly over the surface of the Atlantic, yet its thermometric effects are distinctly traceable to Iceland and Nova Zembla, and the tropical driftwood which it carries affords the principal timber supply of the inhabitants of the first-named isle.

She was known for the sharpness of her tongueand an ingenious ability to synthesize solutions out of unapparent patterns.

He moved about within her lips by the expedient of twisting his hips, but all sharpness seemed to be teeth.

Infinity smelled not just the sharpness of the oranges, but the heavy sweetness of a profusion of orange buds and blossoms.

The Soldan seemed to comprehend him, for he undid the sort of veil which he had hitherto worn, laid it double along the edge of his sabre, extended the weapon edgeways in the air, and drawing it suddenly through the veil, although it hung on the blade entirely loose, severed that also into two parts, which floated to different sides of the tent, equally displaying the extreme temper and sharpness of the weapon, and the exquisite dexterity of him who used it.

To know that he is always keeping a secret from her, that he has under all circumstances to conceal and hold fast a tender double tooth, which her sharpness is ever ready to twist out of his head, gives Mr. Snagsby, in her dentistical presence, much of the air of a dog who has a reservation from his master and will look anywhere rather than meet his eye.

Noelle felt their presences all around her: men, a lot of them, deep voices, a special sharpness to their sweat.

The way he was looking at her made her shiver as she reacted automatically to the sharpness of his voice by stepping back from him.

This was srub, a beverage in local repute, of questionable nature, but suspected of owing its tint and sharpness to some kind of syrup derived from the maroon-colored fruit of the sumac.

Indians by tens and twenties and of cutting slices off them to test the sharpness of their blades.

Lodge tapped into the immense pool of highly qualified academics and analysts that were part of the CIA community, and Kadar was exposed to a quality of mind and a sharpness of intellect that up until then he had only read about.

Three knives of deadly sharpness and varying size were concealed about his person, together with a bag full of small caltraps that could bring a charging horse to a halt.