[ adjective ]
■ marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
e.g.)
・a smart businessman
・an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
・he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
→
astute
,
sharp
,
shrewd
[ adjective ]
■ clear and distinct to the senses
■ easily perceptible
e.g.)
・as clear as a whistle
・clear footprints in the snow
・the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather
・a spire clean-cut against the sky
・a clear-cut pattern
→
clean-cut
,
clear
,
clear-cut
[ adjective ]
■ (of something seen or heard) clearly defined
e.g.)
・a sharp photographic image
・the sharp crack of a twig
・the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot
→
crisp
,
sharp
[ adjective ]
■ having or made by a thin edge or sharp point
■ suitable for cutting or piercing
e.g.)
・a sharp knife
・a pencil with a sharp point
→
sharp
[ adjective ]
■ easily deciphered
→
clear
,
decipherable
,
readable
[ adjective ]
■ intense or sharp
e.g.)
・suffered exquisite pain
・felt exquisite pleasure
→
exquisite
,
keen
[ adjective ]
■ (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
e.g.)
・C sharp
→
sharp
[ adjective ]
■ having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
e.g.)
・an acute observer of politics and politicians
・incisive comments
・icy knifelike reasoning
・as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
・penetrating insight
・frequent penetrative observations
→
acute
,
discriminating
,
incisive
,
keen
,
knifelike
,
penetrating
,
penetrative
,
piercing
,
sharp
[ adjective ]
■ ending in a sharp point
→
acuate
,
acute
,
needlelike
,
sharp
[ adjective ]
■ (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
e.g.)
・efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings
・clear laughter like a waterfall
・clear reds and blues
・a light lilting voice like a silver bell
→
clean
,
clear
,
light
,
unclouded
[ noun ]
■ a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named
→
sharp
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