Definition of "incisive" in English

adjective

1. Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)

2. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action)

   • An incisive producer, who expressed vehement disapproval with my pitch upon my first sentence.

3. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant.

4. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors.

   • the incisive bones, the premaxillaries