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| Pronunciation:  |   | n'Ifl`Ik
 
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- [adj]  having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile"  
 
- [adj]  cutting or able to cut as if with a knife  
 
- [adj]  as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain"  
 
- [adj]  having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative observations"  
 
 
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|   | Synonyms: |   | acute, cutting, discriminating, distinct, incisive, keen, lancinate, lancinating, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, piercing, sharp, stabbing |  
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