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Definitions of 'incisive' Wordnet 

1. (adj) acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
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"

2. (adj) incisive
suitable for cutting or piercing
"incisive teeth"


Definitions of 'incisive' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (adj) incisive
having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting

2. (adj) incisive
of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries


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