incisive
adjective
penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant.
incisiveness
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a word derived from
incisive.
Example Sentences
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Given so few runs to play with, England's bowlers needed to marry incisiveness with control.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
Markowicz’s scorching writing about modern Brazil resonates like few other storytellers today in its complex, no-easy-answers incisiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024
They lacked an incisiveness going forward and with the pace of Darwin Nunez starting on the bench, they failed to get in behind the Atalanta defence and stretch the game.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2024
Over a 19-year career, through power and incisiveness, the soccer ball would usually find its way into the net.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
With his characteristic incisiveness, Isaac Newton later pointed out the obvious flaw in this idea.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
