Words at Play : Top 10 Sophisticated Compliments
Definition:
very clear and direct : able to explain difficult ideas clearly and confidently
Example:
"This is beginning to resemble Jorge Luis Borges' incisive line about the 1982 [Falklands] war – two bald men fighting over a comb." — Ben Winkley, Wall Street Journal, November 29, 2013
About the Word:
The incisive person cuts through things and gets to the point. The original meaning of incisive, from around 1600, was "having a cutting edge or piercing point." Incisive and the cutting incisor teeth are related.
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