Local English word record

perspicacious

adjective · 2 senses

mentally acute or penetratingly discerning

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Examples

  • too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
  • chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
  • much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument

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Synonyms

clear-eyed, clear-sighted

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