from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}, {knifelike},
{penetrating}, {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
3: 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" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike},
{piercing}, {stabbing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}]
4: having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike profile"