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Meanings of trenchancy in English

Portuguese
incisividade
Catalan
mordacitat
Spanish
penetración

Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.

        incisividade
        Usage of trenchancy in English
        1
        However, she scarcely expressed her disapproval aloud with her usual trenchancy.
        The Coryston Family / A Novel
        2
        In it the farmers' representative expressed herself with the trenchancy we have come to associate with that lobby.
        The Irish Times
        3
        No zeal, no faith, no intellectual trenchancy, but as much low-minded geniality and trivial complaisance as you please.
        On Compromise
        4
        Such was the trenchancy and temper of his weapons that much of what he advanced has stood the test of time.
        The Age of the Reformation
        5
        But the ardour of the disciple pressed objections home with a trenchancy that is very unlike the sage distillations of the master.
        Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol. 1 of 2)
        6
        Then, almost immediately, she began to chatter to Margaret French about the sights of the lagoon, with her natural trenchancy and fun.
        The Marriage of William Ashe
        7
        Mrs. Elsmere was old enough to know what importance to attach to the trenchancy of eighteen, but still the words were pleasant to her.
        Robert Elsmere
        8
        And even if he could, one little thing that happened to me could never happen to him, or not with the same trenchancy of contrast.
        Across the Plains, with Other Memories and Essays
        Translations for trenchancy
        Portuguese
        incisividade
        Trenchancy through the time