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incisive

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1. incisive - Adjective

2. incisive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.

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It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. Rod Serling

A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? Custom is despot of mankind. Aleksandr Pushkin

The other day I was reading a blog and I linked over to Streisand's Web site, and it was amazing politically. She's so insightful and incisive. And she also says whatever she wants. Liz Phair

I wanted to create a character who didn't routinely resort to violence and wasn't courageous by virtue of wielding a gun. I wanted to show someone who was powerful and incisive who could face down the bad guys without becoming a bad guy himself. I wanted a hero who was ethical, thoughtful, and just. Joe Ide

an acute observer of politics and politicians Source: Internet

incisive comments Source: Internet

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