Incisive Definition

ĭn-sīsĭv
adjective
Cutting into.
Webster's New World
Sharp; keen; penetrating; acute.
An incisive mind.
Webster's New World
Of the incisors.
Webster's New World

Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.

An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.
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Intelligently analytical and concise.

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Origin of Incisive

  • From Middle French incisif

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Incisive Sentence Examples

  • His arguments were marked by incisive humour and fertility of ideas.

  • As a public speaker his style was incisive, forceful and often eloquent, although he made no effort to practise oratory as an art.

  • His incisive way of putting things earned for him the title of the "Militant Bishop," but, as he himself remarked in.

  • Magnetic in personality, incisive and powerful in manner of expression, he was in his prime one of the most eloquent of American pulpit orators.

  • Writing skills and an incisive analytical sense are required to write a good bug report.

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