Source : WordNet®

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"; "lancinating pain" [syn: {cutting}, {keen},
         {piercing}, {stabbing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}]
     4: having a sharp or distinct edge; "a narrow knifelike
        profile"