Incisively

[in-sahy-siv] /ɪnˈsaɪ sɪv/

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 relating to the :
the incisive teeth.
/ɪnˈsaɪsɪv/
adjective
1.
keen, penetrating, or acute
2.
biting or sarcastic; mordant: an incisive remark
3.
having a sharp cutting edge: incisive teeth
adj.

early 15c., inscisif, “slashing, cutting with a sharp edge,” from Middle French incisif and directly from Medieval Latin incisivus, from Latin incis-, past participle stem of incidere (see incision). Originally literal; figurative sense of “mentally acute” first recorded 1850 as a borrowing from French. Related: Incisively; incisiveness.

incisive in·ci·sive (ĭn-sī’sĭv)
adj.

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