trenchant

adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought,

expression, or intellect; "searching insights";

"trenchant criticism" [syn: {searching}]

2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting

expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: {hard-hitting}]

3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence

of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain

with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant

distinctions between right and wrong" [syn: {clear-cut}, {distinct}]