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ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions;
- Example: "an acute observer of politics and politicians"
- Example: "incisive comments"
- Example: "icy knifelike reasoning"
- Example: "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"
- Example: "penetrating insight"
- Example: "frequent penetrative observations"
[syn: acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]

2. suitable for cutting or piercing;
- Example: "incisive teeth"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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

            And her incisive smile accrediting
            That treason of false witness in my blush. --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the
      incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Clearly and succinctly stated, with penetrating insight
      into the issue at hand; as, an incisive comment.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

incisive
    adj 1: 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" [syn: acute, discriminating,
           incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating,
           penetrative, piercing, sharp]
    2: suitable for cutting or piercing; "incisive teeth"