incisivity

Noun

incisivity (uncountable)

1. The quality of being incisive; penetrating trenchancy; incisiveness.
   • The remarkable tenor qualities of De Muro, especially in the ardent incisivity of his high register, the manly warmth of his tone and his exceptional breathing (Fiato), as well as his uncommon qualities of interpretation, capable of violent dramatic impulse and of lyric inflexion, remain documented...1967, James F. E. Dennis, editor, The Record Collector: A Magazine for Collectors of Recorded Vocal Art, volumes 17-18, self-published, page 56
   • A true witness of his times and the men that have lived in them, [Al. Rosetti] has sketched with a firm hand unforgettable portraits of an illustrious series of friends, in a ‘White Book[’], and has never disclosed the virulent pages in which he describes human larvae with the incisivity of steel...1980, Romanian Review, numbers 1-4, page 104