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incisively

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in·ci·sive  (n-ssv)
adj.
Penetrating, clear, and sharp, as in operation or expression: an incisive mind; incisive comments.

in·cisive·ly adv.
in·cisive·ness n.
Synonyms: incisive, trenchant, biting, cutting, crisp
These adjectives refer to keenness and forcefulness of thought, expression, or intellect. Incisive and trenchant suggest penetration to the heart of a subject and clear, sharp, and vigorous expression: an incisive report; trenchant wit.
Biting and cutting often have a sarcastic or sardonic quality capable of wounding or stinging: "Biting remarks revealed her attitude of contempt" (D.H. Lawrence). "He can say the driest, most cutting things in the quietest of tones" (Charlotte Brontë).
Crisp suggests clarity, conciseness, and briskness: a crisp retort.
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Adv.1.incisively - in an incisive manner; "he was incisively critical"
2.incisively - in a precise manner; "she always expressed herself precisely"


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It is known that in the Prince de Conde, the aquiline nose rose out sharply and incisively from a brow slightly retreating, rather low than high, and according to the railers of the court, -- a pitiless race even for genius, -- constituted rather an eagle's beak than a human nose, in the heir of the illustrious princes of the house of Conde.
"Then you ought to be ashamed of yourself," he said incisively.
But," he added, incisively, "I have to consider what I shall do without it, not with it.
 
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