[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"
Synonyms
acute, cutting, discriminating, distinct, incisive, keen, lancinate, lancinating, penetrating, penetrative, perceptive, piercing, sharp, stabbing