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comparative more incisive, superlative most incisive
Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account) examples
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action) quotations examples
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument. quotations examples
An incisive, high voice.
1862–1863, Mary Ann Evans, Romola
And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857
(anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors. examples