Pen"e*tra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. p'en'etratif.]
1.
Tending to penetrate; of a penetrating quality; piercing; as, the penetrative sun.
His look became keen and penetrative.
Hawthorne.
2.
Having the power to affect or impress the mind or heart; impressive; as, penetrative shame.
Shak.
3.
Acute; discerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom.
"The
penetrative eye."
Wordsworth.
Led on by skill of penetrative soul.
Grainger.
© Webster 1913.