incisive

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/

Adjective

incisive

1. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.

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

2. Intelligently analytical and concise.
3. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

   • An incisive, high voice.

   • And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.

4. (anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.

   the incisive bones, the premaxillaries

Translations

• French: incisif
• Spanish: incisivo

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