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What is the adjective for incisiveness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb incise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

incisive
  1. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
  2. Intelligently analytical and concise.
  3. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
  4. (anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “With clear tables and incisive arguments, it is a single-volume reference on this vexing sociocultural problem.”
      “Husserl's formulation is incisive and to the point: the recasting of life was to take place on the basis of a new belief, a belief opposite to that which was characteristic of the ancients and medievals.”
      “She replied with an incisive smile, changing her tone to one of most provoking haughtiness.”
incisal
  1. Relating to an incisor, or to the cutting edge of a tooth
  2. Examples:
    1. “The authors reviewed and identified the evidence for the various incisal preparation designs for ceramic veneers.”
      “She asks the dental hygienist to look at his primary tooth that has a very small incisal chip from a recent fall.”
      “They have a distinct opalescent effect and are for particular use at the incisal edge and at the side of the tooth.”
incisory
  1. Having the quality of cutting; incisive.
incisiform
  1. Shaped like an incisor tooth.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Also, the incisiform teeth appear to project slightly anteriorly, whereas the occlusal surface of the cheek teeth face dorsally.”
      “Inferior incisors, three on each side with an incisiform canine in contact with them.”
      “Modern Gymnarchus have teeth that vary in shape from incisiform at the symphysis to caniniform distally on the jaw.”
incisional
  1. Relating to an incision.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Diagnosis usually requires incisional biopsy, but when necessary it can be made with a well planned percutaneous core needle biopsy.”
      “Fortunately, the incisional pain has decreased and the patients are mobilized much more easily.”
      “However, the invasiveness of open incisional or excisional biopsy carries the risk of surgical and anesthetic complications.”
incised
incising
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