Trenchant: alternatives and connections

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an effective force,…

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Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

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Producing, or having adequate power or force to produce, an intended effect; adequate; efficient; operative; decisive.

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Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

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Possessing the quality of being effective; productive of, or powerful to produce, the effect intended; as, an efficacious law.

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Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.

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Distinguished; having the difference marked; separated by a visible sign; marked out; specified.

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