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incisively

American  
[in-sahys-iv-lee] / ɪnˈsaɪs ɪv li /

adverb

  1. in an incisive way; penetratingly, sharply.


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No one has chronicled that story more incisively than Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

These concerns weave through her February release,“Have It All,” her third and most touching Netflix special, in which she incisively reflects on being rich and famous at 30, yet still alone and romantically unfulfilled.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Signed to fill the void left by talismanic midfielder Declan Rice's move to Arsenal, Alvarez showed his vision to incisively pick out Kudus' wonderfully-timed run for the 14th-minute opener.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

As James Baldwin so incisively observed, “The American Negro has the great advantage of having never believed that collection of myths to which White Americans cling.”

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

Burr’s response was incisively curt: “having Considered it attentively,” he wrote, “I regret to find in it nothing of that sincerity and delicacy which you profess to Value.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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