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razor-sharp

adjective razor sharp

  1. idiomatic Extremely sharp. The executioner was proud that he kept his axe razor-sharp, so no prisoner would feel any pain when his head was cut off.
  2. figuratively, idiomatic Very clever or quick-witted.
  3. figuratively, idiomatic Very stylish or attractive. One day, she was in a razor-sharp three-piece suit, and the next, a tulle skirt that had no business being worn after the age of five (but she did, and then we all wanted to wear tutus too!).

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adj as sharp as a razor, extremely or ultimately sharp

Deutschmesserscharf, rasiermesserscharf

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@misc{razor_sharp_2026,
  title = {razor-sharp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/razor-sharp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}