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in·ci·sive
/
ɪnˈsaɪ
sɪv
/
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[
in-
sahy
-siv
]
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adjective
1.
penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant:
an incisive tone of voice.
2.
remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute:
an incisive method of summarizing the issue.
3.
adapted for cutting or piercing.
4.
of or pertaining to the
incisors
:
the incisive teeth.
Origin:
1520–30;
<
Medieval Latin
incīsīvus.
See
incise
,
-ive
Related forms
in·ci·sive·ly,
adverb
in·ci·sive·ness,
noun
un·in·ci·sive,
adjective
un·in·ci·sive·ly,
adverb
un·in·ci·sive·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
acid, mordant; sarcastic, sardonic.
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World English Dictionary
incisive
(ɪnˈsaɪsɪv)
—
adj
1.
keen, penetrating, or acute
2.
biting or sarcastic; mordant:
an incisive remark
3.
having a sharp cutting edge:
incisive teeth
in'cisively
—
adv
in'cisiveness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
incisive
1590s, from M.L. incisivus, from L. incisionem (see
incision
). Originally literal: "cutting with a sharp edge;" figurative sense of "mentally acute" first recorded 1850 as a borrowing from French.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
incisive
in·ci·sive (ĭn-sī'sĭv)
adj.
Having the power to cut.
Relating to the incisor teeth.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Example sentences
Below and medial to this foramen is the canine eminence separating the
incisive
from the canine fossa.
She also had an
incisive
mind, and in the midst of her despair she told me
exactly how the company was going to fail.
He voiced his disagreements with me in
incisive
fashion.
The
incisive
branch is continued onward within the bone, and supplies the
canine and incisor teeth.
We need them to interpret our lives and let us see ourselves in an
incisive
and humorous light.
Time has not paled his
incisive
, brooding and anguished quasi-biography.
It arises from the
incisive
fossa of the mandible, and descends to be inserted into the integument of the chin.
Her language carves- and the instrument used is tonally blunt, laconic, as
incisive
as suits the purpose.
Articulation proved
incisive
in fast movements influenced by the dance.
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