incisiveness
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˌɪnˈsaɪ.səv.nəs/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree English incisive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English incisiveness From incisive + -ness.
- The quality or state of being incisive; incisivity.
“"Merely an amateur," put in Carrados, suavely, but with the incisiveness of a scalpel.”