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The definition of incisive is someone or something accurate, clear thinking or well focused.

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An owner of a successful new restaurant who is smart, thinks clearly and sees things clearly is an example of someone who would be described as incisive.

See incisive in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

cutting into
sharp; keen; penetrating; acute: an incisive mind
of the incisors

Origin: ML incisivus < L incisus: see incise

Related Forms:

incisively adverb
incisiveness noun

See incisive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression: an incisive mind; incisive comments.

Related Forms:

in·ciˈsive·ly adverb

in·ciˈsive·ness noun

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