Definitions for: Incisive


[adj] suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"; "the piercing needle"
[adj] very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
[adj] having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"



Webster (1913) Definition: In*ci"sive, a. [Cf. F. incisif.]
1. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating,
as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute;
sarcastic; biting. ``An incisive, high voice.'' --G.
Eliot.

And her incisive smile accrediting That treason of
false witness in my blush. --Mrs.
Browning.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the
incisive bones, the premaxillaries.

Synonyms: acute, discriminating, intelligent, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, piercing, sharp

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