gracelessly vs sharply

gracelessly

adv
  • In a graceless manner 

sharply

adv
  • In a sharp manner. 

  • In an intellectually alert and penetrating manner. 

  • Of speech, delivered in a stern or harsh tone. 

  • Suddenly and intensely like a gasp, but typically as the result of an emotional reaction. 

  • Severely. 

How often have the words gracelessly and sharply occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )