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incisive

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adj/ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/
  1. 1

    Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)

  2. 2

    Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process); Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)

  3. 3

    Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)

    • An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.
  4. 4

    Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.

    • An incisive, high voice.
    • And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
  5. 5

    Of or relating to the incisors.relational

    • the incisive bones, the premaxillaries

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