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Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

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  1. a. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
  3. adj. having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
  4. adj. suitable for cutting or piercing
  5. 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. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisive bones, the premaxillaries.
  6. Of or pertaining to the incisors; incisor; as, the incisivebones, the premaxillaries.
  7. j:100 s. suitable for cutting or piercing