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Meanings of trenchancy in inglés

portugués
incisividade
catalán
mordacitat
español
penetración

Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect.

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Examples for "incisiveness"
Examples for "incisiveness"
1
Next, a resonant bass voice said with a sort of indolent incisiveness:
Through Russia
2
Today, the power, incisiveness and passion of Engels's polemic remain undiminished.
The Guardian
3
The balanced incisiveness of the tale seems almost anthropological, though infused with story.
The Guardian
4
It took Arsene Wenger's team much of the afternoon to rediscover their incisiveness.
The Irish Times
5
He realized again her clean-cut, finished daintiness, the incisiveness of voice and feature.
The Best Short Stories of 1915, and the Yearbook of the American...
Usage of trenchancy in inglés
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
portugués
incisividade
español
penetración
Trenchancy through the time