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sagacious
(encz) | sagacious,bystrý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sagacious
(encz) | sagacious,důvtipný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sagacious
(gcide) | Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
following a trail.
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Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton.
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2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
man; a sagacious remark.
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Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More.
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Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
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Syn: See Shrewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. --
Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.
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sagacious
(wn) | sagacious
adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to
be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions";
"a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to
educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious, sapient]
2: skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and
sagacious statesman" |
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sagacious
(encz) | sagacious,bystrý adj: Zdeněk Brožsagacious,důvtipný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sagaciously
(encz) | sagaciously,prozíravě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
sagaciousness
(encz) | sagaciousness, n: |
Sagaciously
(gcide) | Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
following a trail.
[1913 Webster]
Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton.
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2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
man; a sagacious remark.
[1913 Webster]
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More.
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Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
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Syn: See Shrewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. --
Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.
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Sagaciousness
(gcide) | Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire
to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See
Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in
following a trail.
[1913 Webster]
Sagacious of his quarry from so far. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen
penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious;
knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious
man; a sagacious remark.
[1913 Webster]
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious
above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More.
[1913 Webster]
Only sagacious heads light on these observations,
and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke.
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Syn: See Shrewd.
[1913 Webster] -- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. --
Sa*ga"cious*ness, n.
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sagacious
(wn) | sagacious
adj 1: acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to
be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and
thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions";
"a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to
educators" [syn: perspicacious, sagacious, sapient]
2: skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and
sagacious statesman" |
sagaciously
(wn) | sagaciously
adv 1: in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely";
"he was acutely insightful" [syn: astutely, shrewdly,
sagaciously, sapiently, acutely] |
sagaciousness
(wn) | sagaciousness
n 1: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between
relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment,
judgement, discernment]
2: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and
evaluating [syn: judiciousness, sagacity,
sagaciousness] |
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