cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; an acute observer of politics and politicians; incisive comments; icy knifelike reasoning; as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang; penetrating insight; frequent penetrative observations
[ Syn: acute , discriminating , incisive , keen , penetrating , penetrative , piercing , sharp ]
painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
[ Syn: cutting , keen , piercing , stabbing , lancinate , lancinating ]
having a sharp or distinct edge; a narrow knifelike profile'