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/ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/ · adjective
Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process).
An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.
She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
An incisive, high voice.
And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
the incisive bones, the premaxillaries
Use incisive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Incisive means Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process).
Common synonyms include decisive, forthright, sharp, acute.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.
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