Adjective

(en adjective)

(comparable) Sharp, barbed; not dull.

The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

(not comparable) In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.

The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.

(comparable, of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.

* 1863 February 21, “ Important from Washington”, in The New York Times :

Attention has been called to the report in a New-York paper, which has been made the subject of pointed comment

* 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

After a harsh police crackdown last week fueled anger and swelled protests, President Dilma Rousseff, a former guerrilla who was imprisoned under the dictatorship and has now become the target of pointed criticism herself, tried to appease dissenters by embracing their cause on Tuesday.

* 1910 September 3, “ Taft Is Not Pleased by Roosevelt Plan”, in The New York Times :

President Taft to-day had a pointed comment for the "new nationalism" that his predecessor has been launching in the West.

Adjective

(en adjective)

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 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 .}}

Intelligently analytical and concise.

Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.

* G. Eliot

An incisive , high voice.

* Mrs. Browning

And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.

(anatomy) Of or relating to the incisors.