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incisiveness

/in-sahy-siv/US // ɪnˈsaɪ sɪv //UK // (ɪnˈsaɪsɪv) //

敏锐性,敏锐度,敏锐的洞察力,精辟

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : penetrating; cutting; biting; trenchant: an incisive tone of voice.
    • : remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute: an incisive method of summarizing the issue.
    • : adapted for cutting or piercing.
    • : of or relating to the incisors: the incisive teeth.

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Examples

  • Even while they could become annoyed by his hands-off approach, they admired his incisive questioning of graduate students and visitors giving presentations to the department.

  • The soft Southern burr of his ordinary conversation had given place to a clear incisiveness.

  • Cold, hard rays penetrate through the immense ruin, separating with a sharp incisiveness the light from the shadows.

  • You are perfectly right, he said with sudden, smiting incisiveness.

  • But the Coroner's voice broke in upon his flounderings with sharp incisiveness.

  • Carney asked, the crisp incisiveness of his voice wakening completely the rather fogged man.

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