Main entry: knifelike
Definition: having a sharp or distinct edge
Usage: a narrow knifelike profile
Main entry: knifelike
Definition: cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
Main entry: lancinate, lancinating, keen, knifelike, stabbing, cutting, piercing
Definition: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
Usage: a cutting wind; keen winds; knifelike cold; piercing knifelike pains; piercing cold; piercing criticism; a stabbing pain; lancinating pain
Main entry: penetrating, penetrative, incisive, discriminating, piercing, acute, keen, knifelike, sharp
Definition: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions
Usage: 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