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sagacious
[suh-gey-shuhs]
adjective
having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd.
Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , ,Antonyms:Obsolete.Ìýhaving an acute sense of smell.
sagacious
/ ²õəˈɡ±ðɪʃə²õ /
adjective
having or showing sagacity; wise
obsoleteÌý(of hounds) having an acute sense of smell
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- sagaciously adverb
- sagaciousness noun
- quasi-sagacious adjective
- quasi-sagaciously adverb
- supersagacious adjective
- supersagaciously adverb
- supersagaciousness noun
- unsagacious adjective
- unsagaciously adverb
- unsagaciousness noun
- ²õ²¹Ëˆ²µ²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ±ô²â adverb
- ²õ²¹Ëˆ²µ²¹³¦¾±´Ç³Ü²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of sagacious1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of sagacious1
Example Sentences
“Even at an early age, Charlie showed sagacious negotiating ability, and usually gained a bigger specimen or one with unusual coloring,†Broggie wrote.
If they chose not to strengthen our current federal gun laws, then we would know they were not the sagacious, prescient, august and erudite intellects we've been taught to believe in.
And not a sagacious orchestral adaptation of swing — as in Adams’s “City Noir†— but the genuine article.
It’s a touching and sagacious concept — though hardly one guaranteed to be an artistic success.
That Fonzic at times appears perfectly pleasant, even sagacious when he, for instance, invokes certain revisionist versions of American history, is a testament to Cluzet’s charms.
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