incisive
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/ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
English
Definitions
adjective
- Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.“An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.”
- Intelligently analytical and concise.
- Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
- Of or relating to the incisors.“the incisive bones, the premaxillaries”
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intelligentperceptivekeendiscriminatingacutepenetrativepenetratingpiercingsharpknifelikeastuteclear-sightedenergeticinsightfultellingpowerful