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• r  in an aggressive manner
  she was being sharply questioned
• r  in a well delineated manner
  the new style of Minoan pottery was sharply defined
• r  changing suddenly in direction and degree
  the road twists sharply after the light
• r  very suddenly and to a great degree
  prices rose sharply

• In the first part of the '90s, when China slowed sharply, few people in the outside world cared much.
• If the joblessness situation is that grim, the price of homes is likely to be falling even more sharply than last year and more mortgages are headed under water.
• Suddenly, the sub turned straight toward the Voge and sped up sharply.

• aggressively
• crisply
• sharp
• acutely
• precipitously

News & Articles

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• US stock market moves sharply higher
  US stock market moves sharply higher Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 4:42 pm, Thursday, June 13, 2013 NEW YORK (AP) — Good news about hiring and spending at retail businesses helped send the U.S. stock market sharply higher Thursday. For investors, the pair of government ...
  June 14, 2013 - Beaumont Enterprise
• TSX Ends Sharply Higher On Positive Economic Data - Canadian Commentary
  TSX Ends Sharply Higher On Positive Economic Data - Canadian Commentary
  June 13, 2013 - Nasdaq
• VIX up sharply as stocks drop again
  The CBOE Volatility Index rose sharply yesterday as equities retreated again. The S&P 500 fell 13.61 points to 1612.52. The index was in positive territory for the first 90 minutes but slipped from there, ...
  June 13, 2013 - optionMONSTER via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in Wall Street Journal
  Fears of financial collapse have receded substantially,Mr. Bernanke said at the Federal Reserve's annual retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyo. "After contracting sharply over the past year, economic activity appears to be leveling out, both in the...
• Taro Aso in USA Today
  Since it was insufficient, the market is again falling sharply,Aso told lawmakers.
• Tony Hayward in guardian.co.uk
  BP's chief executive, Tony Hayward, said today: "Although it has since fallen away sharply, the high oil price of the third quarter obviously helped our absolute result."