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Jallol Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sharp meaning in the context

what does sharp mean in the following statement :

Mr Foster, the butler, locks up at ten o’clock sharp when the master and mistress are home.’

which meaning is the correct meaning of sharp among all meaning in http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sharp_1?q=sharp


thanks in advance

  

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None of those. Learners' dictionaries have limited vocabularies. punctually: Meet me at one o'clock sharp.

— Mister Micawber

  • None of those.
  • Learners' dictionaries have limited vocabularies.
  • punctually: Meet me at one o'clock sharp.
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None of those. Learners' dictionaries have limited vocabularies. It means 'precisely, exactly':

sharp (adverb)

30.punctually: Meet me at one o'clock sharp.

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