He was incisively critical. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an incisive tone of voice. ,an incisive method of summarizing the issue. ,the incisive teeth. From Dictionary.com.
"Why need you have kept away?" she asked incisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
And here he is, incisively cutting a new one for Vin Weber. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Weiss: Chris Matthews, War Hero] Reference
Steuart Bedford conducted lovingly if not quite incisively. From Wordnik.com. [Macbeth, The Love for Three Oranges, Armida, A Midsummer Night's Dream] Reference
"That is their fault; not ours," Lucy Warner said incisively. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
The sentence ended so incisively that South Framingham blinked. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
"War!" she exclaimed, speaking under her breath, but incisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
Garrison focused his eyes on the man across the desk incisively. From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
"He's got a good many points in his favor," said Watts, incisively. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman for Mayor A Novel of To-day] Reference
Poetically and incisively written, it repays the reader twice over. From Wordnik.com. [légèreté] Reference
Georges, incisively, “that monsieur here is covered with stars.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Start in Life] Reference
"I do not regard it at all, if I can help it," she answered incisively. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
"Anyway you're not fit to speak to a lady," cut in Cheniston incisively. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
He also demonstrated he can pass incisively when the opportunity arises. From Wordnik.com. [England's next generation shapes up for World Cup 2018 and beyond] Reference
She interrupted, rising haughtily before him, and said coldly, incisively. From Wordnik.com. [A Fool There Was] Reference
They are heavy and rather fruity in effect but are incisively drawn and cut. From Wordnik.com. [John Baptist Jackson 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut] Reference
Her voice, however, went incisively on, and he stifled it against his chest. From Wordnik.com. [Scales of Justice]
But no word is so awful it can't be used creatively and incisively by someone. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Deggans: More Michael Richards Madness: A Defense of the N-word] Reference
Jerry Kang presses arguments like these especially incisively and emphatically. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Patrick Gudridge: Honoring Mitsuye Endo, Remembering Her Case] Reference
Although the film is not as incisively satirical as Clueless, the comparison is apt. From Wordnik.com. [10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU 10th Anniversary DVD Review – Collider.com] Reference
This was the victory that got him there and shows his ability to calculate incisively. From Wordnik.com. [Vasily Smyslov: the master of incisive calculation] Reference
Yesterday, Mark Steyn said much the same thing (more incisively and wittily, of course). From Wordnik.com. [The War Within] Reference
Zaeef's account is overtly and incisively focused on Pakistan and its military spy agency. From Wordnik.com. [Ehsan Azari: Tales of the Taliban in Their Own Words] Reference
"It makes a difference to every person whom you encounter," Mr. Falconer replied incisively. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
(Few critics, in fact, have written about Sondheim's achievement as incisively as Lahr has.). From Wordnik.com. [Double Take] Reference
"Nor did I know that you and he were friends," she interrupted, a little incisively, I thought. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
As the Economist notes, George Stephanopoulos incisively labeled it "a fancy word for betrayal.". From Wordnik.com. [Mark Engler: Tax Cuts and Trade: Is Obama Triangulating?] Reference
The man answered sharply and incisively, and it seemed to Paul that there was command in his voice. From Wordnik.com. [High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn] Reference
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