Definitions
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- adjective Resembling a
rapier or some aspect of one;sharp ,piercing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was, however, a hugely talented actress with a rapierlike wit of such originality that one could clearly say they broke the mold after she was born.
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With its rapierlike lines and big sails, France's Ville de Paris may have an advantage on the course's light winds and choppy seas.
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Her hull was sleek and black and narrow, extended by a rapierlike bowsprit that nearly doubled her length.
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Her hull was sleek and black and narrow, extended by a rapierlike bowsprit that nearly doubled her length.
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I actually deleted my first response, which was absolutely incindiery, and chose to make my point with, yes, wit, rapierlike or claymore-esque, whatever.
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Several of them began picking their teeth with long, rapierlike knives.
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Several of them began picking their teeth with long, rapierlike knives.
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Several of them began picking their teeth with long, rapierlike knives.
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Several of them began picking their teeth with long, rapierlike knives.
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Ironically, rapid technology change, accompanied by rapierlike growth, makes the forecasting process even more difficult than for more mundane companies.
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