Sagacious

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  • adjective. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. synonym: shrewd.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Keenly perceptive; discerning, as by some exceptionally developed or extraordinary natural power; especially, keen of scent: with of.
  • Exhibiting or marked by keen intellectual discernment, especially of human motives and actions; having or proceeding from penetration into practical affairs in general; having keen practical sense; acute in discernment or penetration; discerning and judicious; shrewd: as, a sagacious mind.
  • Intelligent; endowed with sagacity.
  • Synonyms and Sage, Knowing, etc. (see astute); perspicacious, clear-sighted, long-headed, sharp-witted, intelligent, well-judged, sensible.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail.
  • adjective. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
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  • adjective. skillful in statecraft or management
  • adjective. acutely insightful and wise
  • Word Usage
    "All the more perhaps for that, she was born sagacious, which is"
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