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be incisive
adjective
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
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The things the play says about human passions can be incisive.
The blogosphere can be incisive without that particular standard getting in the way.
With any luck, the dialogue here should be incisive, imaginative and rich with soul.
Like Tottenham they rely on incessant running and did not display the sharpness required to be incisive.
But the play, at Here in the South Village, is far too ragged to be incisive or even satirically sharp.
But the picture is sloppy when it should be incisive, indulgent when it should be astringent, and ultimately unsure of what it is mocking and in what spirit.
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Clinton's response was incisive.
Its recommendations are incisive.
Everything he did was incisive, forceful, definitive.
His writing was incisive, crisp and principled.
I'm biting, I'm incisive, I'm quick.
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