Lexic.us

Definition of Incisively

1. Adverb. In an incisive manner. "He was incisively critical"

2. Adverb. In a precise manner. "She always expressed herself precisely"

Definition of Incisively

1. Adverb. In an incisive manner. ¹

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Definition of Incisively

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incisively

incising incision incision and drainage incision biopsy incisional biopsy incisional hernia incisions incisive incisive bone incisive canal cyst

incisive duct incisive foramen incisive fossa incisive papilla incisive suture incisively (current term) incisiveness incisivenesses incisivity incisor

incisor canal incisor crest incisor foramen incisor tooth incisors incisory incisura incisura acetabuli incisura angularis incisura anterior auris

Literary usage of Incisively

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1920)
""'Jumped,' he corrected me incisively. 'Jumped —mind!' he repeated, and I wondered at the evident but obscure intention. 'Well, yes! ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"His manners were ' blunt, awkward, and forbidding ; ' he talked rapidly and incisively; he was cheerful, kindly, and a good comrade, and seems to have been ..."

3. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"More incisively than ever and not altogether fairly, there was presented to the conservatives the alternative of supporting the convention or of seeming to ..."

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