Keenly vs Incisive - What's the difference?
keenly | incisive |
Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 Intelligently analytical and concise.
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
* G. Eliot
* Mrs. Browning
(anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.
As an adverb keenly
is in a keen manner.As an adjective incisive is
quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression; decisive; forthright.incisive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive .}}
- An incisive , high voice.
- And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.
