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Like the most effective knife
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sharpest
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sharp \Sharp\, a. [Compar. Sharper ; superl. Sharpest .] [OE. sharp, scharp, scarp, AS. scearp; akin to OS. skarp, LG. scharp, D. scherp, G. scharf, Dan. & Sw. skarp, Icel. skarpr. Cf. Escarp , Scrape , Scorpion .] Having a very thin edge or fine point; ...
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a. (en-superlative of: sharp)
Usage examples of sharpest.
You played your part so well that the sharpest eye would have been deceived.
It will be down to the sharpest sword and the cunning of the wolf once more, and not one of our hired mages will be able to aid us!
He believed that he was the sharpest and most alert Marine in the entire FIST.
Sandor Arbitration Intelligence was one of the sharpest posters in this newsgroup.
Applying careful pressure with the knobby, rounded end of the legbone, he broke off only the sharpest edge of both lengths, which dulled them only slightly but, more important, strengthened them, so this piece could be used as a scraper to shape and smooth a piece of wood or bone.
He pulls out his pocket knife, selects the sharpest blade, and makes rough incisions through the plastic, diagonally, X marks the spot.
I, whom that same popular rumour had endowed with the sharpest wits in France!
Just my brother--he will seek them out, one after another, probably, not knowing that the sharpest eyes in the world are watching his every movement.
Her every nerve was strained to completely grasp the situation first, then to make a final appeal to those wits which had so often been called the sharpest in Europe, and which alone might be of service now.
During this period he was guilty of that crowning folly, the acceptance of the Rectorship of the Gymnasium at Padua, he felt the sharpest stings of poverty, and his life was overshadowed by dire physical misfortune.
The worst of the struggle, as far as the world was concerned, was over, and the sharpest sorrows and the heaviest disgrace reserved for Cardan in the future were to be those nourished in his own household.
Whether he would be sensitive to any great pain he could not say, but twitchings and the sharpest attacks of gout affected him not.
He went ahead and held out his hand for Sonia as she descended, lifting her skirts to avoid the sharpest of the small rocks.
The sharpest sword or dagger might pierce his hide, but the blade will snap before it goes any deeper.
Dan jabbed at it with the smallest and sharpest blade of his little pocketknife.