Perspicacity
[,pɝspɪ'kæsəti]
Definition
(n.) The state of being perspicacious; acuteness of sight or of intelligence; acute discernment.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Perspicaciousness, acuteness, sharpness, shrewdness, discernment, penetration, sagacity, astuteness, insight.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Acuteness, discernment, sagacity, penetration
ANT:Hebetude, dullness, stolidity, inobservance
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Examples
- He winced a little at her terrifying perspicacity, and longed to ask: And May--do they quote her? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- With the true perspicacity _des ?mes élites_, he at once saw how this at first sight untoward event might be turned to excellent account. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She was a woman of middle-age, with well-formed features of the type usually found where perspicacity is the chief quality enthroned within. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And Gudrun admired him for his perspicacity. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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