incisive

Speech parts

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sharp acute keen penetrating piercing discriminating penetrative knifelike gnostic salter acid severe brief accurate pointed
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Antonyms

extended enormous chronic diffuse endless coarse
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Phrases with the word

incisive suture incisive suture of the palate incisive foramen incisive raphe incisive suture of the maxilla incisive suture of the palatine bone

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

incisionally incisionless incisior incisive bone incisive canal incisive foramen