sharpish

adj, adv — 3 senses

sharpish

adj

Etymology From sharp + -ish.

1

Informal Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).

The car made a sharpish turn.
On straights speed would quicken to what was apparently the maximum allowed on this stretch, 140 k.p.h., or 87.5 m.p.h., and then one would see the track disappearing ahead round a sharpish curve, for there are some of 35 and 40 chains' radius on this side of the summit as well.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 144:

2

Informal Somewhat sharp; not blunt.

a sharpish knife

Derived terms: sharpishly

sharpish

adv

Etymology From sharp + -ish.

1

Informal Rapidly, soon.

You'd better mend your ways sharpish!
Packed my valise sharpish, afraid the ship might sail back to England with me still aboard; or rather, afraid of my letting this happen.2004, David Mitchell, “Letters From Zedelghem”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 47:

1 more example

Catrin: Don’t fuckin’ look at me you perv… He turns back, sharpish. Scott: Sorry.2010, Gary Owen, Love Steals Us from Loneliness, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →DOI, →ISBN, page 12:

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