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say it: in-SAHY-siv
incisive is an adjective meaning "having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions". It is pronounced /ˌɪnˈsaɪsɪv/ — in-SAHY-siv. It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for incisive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.