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TRENCHANCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect
Synonyms:
incisiveness; trenchancy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("trenchancy" is a kind of...):
effectiveness; effectivity; effectuality; effectualness (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)
Derivation:
trenchant (clearly or sharply defined to the mind)
trenchant (having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect)
