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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

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

She broke incisively on the left, passed across to the right as the Spain defense, backpedaling, tried to regroup and Miyazawa finished clinically with her left foot.

From Washington Times Jul. 31, 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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