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From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
knifelike
adj 1: cutting or able to cut as if with a knife
2: 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" [syn: {acute}, {discriminating}, {incisive},
{keen}, {penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
3: 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"; "a gray world with ice and toothed
winds" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {piercing}, {stabbing}]
4: having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike
profile"
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