sharp-cut

[ shahrp-kuht ]

adjective

1. cut so as to have a sharp edge:

   a tool with a sharp-cut blade.

2. distinctly outlined; clearly defined.

Example Sentences

Add it all up and Ms Harris' choice of pearls and a purple sharp-cut Christopher John Rogers coat was "an excellent first building block on what the legacy is of how to look like a woman in power", Ms Rothman says.

From BBC

Flowy, feminine dresses and sharp-cut pants were paired with classically Western elements including embroidery, Southwestern blanket and beacon patterns, distressed leather and fringed suede.

From Reuters

With her California-girl sunglasses and sharp-cut blond hair, her boxer’s profile, her dare-you-not-to-look, lean-in decolletage, Barkin's Smurf is a woman whose domestic bustling and seemingly laissez-faire attitude about what goes on around her upscale ranch house never quite mask her need for control and a lack of boundaries.

From Los Angeles Times

The lead car was jammed with drum kits, guitar cases, and sharp-cut jackets and two-tone shoes.

From Salon

In the allegro passages Scarlett presents a jewel-like array from which the eye picks out glimmering details: a sharp-cut balance by Olivia Cowley, or a perfectly threaded piqué turn by Yasmine Naghdi.

From The Guardian

Related Words

• categorical
• definitive
• explicit
• obvious
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• pronounced
• specific
• straightforward
• unambiguous
• unequivocal
• well-defined