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Incisive
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting. "An incisive, high voice." G. Eliot. And her incisive smile accrediting That treason of false witness in my blush. Mrs. Browning.
2. Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.