All 3 Uses of
incisive
in
Lord Jim
- ' "Jumped," he corrected me incisively.†
Chpt 11 *
- "You don't seem to understand," he said incisively; then looking at me without a wink, "I may have jumped, but I don't run away."†
Chpt 13
- His tall form, as though robbed of its substance, hovered noiselessly over invisible things with stooping and indefinite movements; his voice, heard in that remoteness where he could be glimpsed mysteriously busy with immaterial cares, was no longer incisive, seemed to roll voluminous and grave—mellowed by distance.†
Chpt 20
Definition:
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(incisive) direct, clear, and sharp in thinking or expression -- often indicating a decisive person (makes decisions quickly) or a penetrating mind