incisive

Used with adjective complement

• look: Both sides had their chances but the visitors looked more incisive in attack.

Modifies a noun

• Media: The rights of termination are in addition to all other rights or remedies of Incisive Media provided in these Terms or by law.
• passing: All three goals were attributable to the magnificent & incisive passing that is such in evidence.
• critique: Along the way, he also offers an incisive critique of contemporary trash culture in the UK.
• wit: Cherry, whose chops had strengthened during weeks of practice, revealed his quiet, incisive wit in counterpoint to Ornette.
• commentary: Jonathan Bennett offers an incisive commentary in chapter XII of his stimulating Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Oxford, 1971.
• reporting: Frankly written editorials, topical reviews, book reviews and incisive reporting of international conferences are a regular feature of the journal.

Modifying Another Word

• very: These are not quite as powerful as they should be, but one or two are very incisive.
• so: Matthew Hoggard, so incisive on Friday, went for 32 in two overs.
• particularly: One of these is a particularly incisive chapter on The Body in Kafka's writing.
• intellectually: He is one of the most intellectually incisive executives in corporate America.
• typically: Read Gooseberries, Chekhov's typically incisive short story exploring human happiness, suffering and society.
• always: His forte is delivering intelligent, thought provoking material that pulls no punches and is always incisive, relevant and up to date.

Preposition: through

• ball: He slid a delightfully incisive through ball to the overlapping Byrne on the left.