Perspicacious

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  • adjective. Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. synonym: shrewd.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
  • Of acute discernment.
  • Synonyms Acute, shrewd, clear-sighted, sharp-witted. See astute.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having the power of seeing clearly; quick-sighted; sharp of sight.
  • adjective. Fig.: Of acute discernment; keen.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
  • adjective. Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. acutely insightful and wise
  • adjective. mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  • Word Usage
    "Regardless of the fact that you don't know what the word perspicacious means, you continue to amaze me."
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