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UK
/ɪnsˈaɪsɪv/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang
frequent penetrative observations
penetrating insight
an acute observer of politics and politicians
incisive comments
icy knifelike reasoning -
suitable for cutting or piercing
incisive teeth
How To Use incisive In A Sentence
- But there's something terrifically right and incisive about her every move in the first few scenes.
- But he does not allow himself to yield either to the past, or its falsifier, nostalgia, the ‘history’ of which mind-set he incisively anatomises.
- He could be eloquent and lighthearted but also incisive and sarcastic with those who failed to live up to his high medical standards. Times, Sunday Times
- Consider this incisive analysis of the Whitewater investigation.
- I can picture him now, often speaking without a note, with humour, incisive argument and magisterial disdain for the opposing view, swatting away anyone ill-judged enough to make a hostile intervention.
- The wife's questioning is swift and incisive, causing her husband first to reveal a trickle of information, then a cascade.
- He regularly prompted attacks with incisive forward passes. Times, Sunday Times
- The pages brim with incisive descriptions and exquisite pictures of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Patagonia.
- The passing was more incisive, the pace picked up and the balance of the team no longer looked lopsided. Times, Sunday Times
- Baggies will need to watch out for his incisive passes. The Sun
