Astuteness
[əs'tʊtnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas.
Inputed by Carter--From WordNet
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cunning, craft, craftiness, subtlety, artfulness, art, artifice, slyness, deceit, duplicity, wiliness, guile.[2]. Shrewdness, acuteness, sharpness, perspicacity, discernment, penetration, sagacity, ingenuity, mother-wit, quick parts.
Editor: Lois
Examples
- Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or over-reached her astuteness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Such an angel as YOU I am sure would, Mr. Dobbin said, with atrocious astuteness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He had the dull man's unexpected flashes of astuteness, and Lily could not help joining in the laugh with which he had pounced on the truth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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