Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or quality of being incisive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.
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- noun The
quality orstate of beingincisive ;incisivity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
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Examples
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Shaun Wright-Phillips then found himself in a similar position as QPR finally showed some incisiveness; the winger steered his shot on target but David Martin saved.
Queens Park Rangers 1-0 MK Dons | FA Cup third-round replay match report 2012
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Their spirit was strong for a while but the necessary incisiveness was lacking.
Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League match report 2011
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There would be a knockdown from Adam's diagonal ball which led to a shot from Suárez that skimmed past the right-hand post, followed by an attempted shot from the Uruguayan's angled pass that was foiled at source by Hangeland's crunching block, but Carroll never really brought his strength and weight to bear on the match with any sort of consistency or incisiveness.
Andy Carroll's ineffectiveness adds to Liverpool frustration at Fulham | Richard Williams 2011
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They relished the chance to see him in a red shirt once more even though they accepted his incisiveness had diminished.
Thierry Henry's second coming gets to the heart of the matter | Rob Bagchi 2012
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And, whether we admit it or not, we also value incisiveness.
Discourse.net: Jotwell: The Journal of Things We Like (Lots) 2009
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The main question was whether the visitors would still have the same confident incisiveness when they returned from the dressing room.
Montenegro 2-2 England | Euro 2012 Group G qualifier match report 2011
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In a forthcoming article (November 11, 2010) in the New York Review of Books, Diane Ravitch, the eminent educator, critiques the movie Waiting for 'Superman', which she deconstructed with her usual incisiveness and profound knowledge of the history of recent educational "reforms."
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010
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In a forthcoming article (November 11, 2010) in the New York Review of Books, Diane Ravitch, the eminent educator, critiques the movie Waiting for 'Superman', which she deconstructed with her usual incisiveness and profound knowledge of the history of recent educational "reforms."
Joel Shatzky: Educating for Democracy: Who's Listening? Joel Shatzky 2010
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From an England perspective,Wood,Palmer and Flood certainly impressed but the game overall was very poor fare,littered with basic errors on both sides and utterly lacking the sort of dynamism and incisiveness we have come to expect from the southern hemisphere sides..
Wales v England: five things we learned from Six Nations 2011 opener 2011
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Neo-Classical incisiveness, as opposed to Romantic fluidity, sometimes with exotic and erotic overtones, is announced by Ingres's exquisitely refined pencil portraits, including one related to his forceful painting of the publisher Louis-François Bertin.
Drawn to Revolution Karen Wilkin 2011
mike000schwartz commented on the word incisiveness
I noticed that, at the entry for incisiveness,
-- https://www.wordnik.com/words/incisiveness --
the second definition contains a TYPO! -- it says "forcefulnelss".
IMHO it should end with "ness", instead of "nelss". (right?)
Is there a correct place to submit such a squawk? (a TYPO report)? How about here? :-) !
October 28, 2014
erinmckean commented on the word incisiveness
Thank you! I've fixed it.
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October 28, 2014