"knifelike" in the adjective sense
1. knifelike
cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
2. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp
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"
3. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating
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"
4. knifelike
having a sharp or distinct edge
"a narrow knifelike profile"
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