penetrative, adj.
tending to penetrate; having the power of entering or piercing
<adj.all>
penetrating penetrative
sample sentences
"a toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface""a cold penetrating wind"
"a penetrating odor"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
acute discriminating incisive keen knifelike penetrating penetrative piercing sharp
sample sentences
"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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to