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perceptive [pəˈsɛptɪv] adj
1. quick at perceiving; observant 2. perceptual 3. able to perceive perceptively adv perceptiveness , perceptivity n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
perceptive adjective observant, acute, intelligent, discerning, quick, aware, sharp, sensitive, alert, penetrating, discriminating, shrewd, responsive, astute, intuitive, insightful, percipient, perspicacious a very perceptive critique of Wordsworth stupid, dull, indifferent, insensitive, thick, obtuse, slow-witted Translations perceptive [pəˈseptɪv] ADJ [person] → perspicaz; [remark] → perspicaz, agudo; [function] → perceptivo perceptive adj person (= quick to smell/see/hear) → aufmerksam; (= quick to understand) → scharfsinnig; (= penetrating) analysis, speech, study → erkenntnisreich, scharfsinnig; book, remark → aufschlussreich; he has the perceptive mind of a true artist → er hat das Einfühlungsvermögen eines wahren Künstlers; very perceptive of you! (iro) → du merkst auch alles! (iro) perceptive [pəˈsɛptɪv] adj (gen) → perspicace; (analysis) → acuto/a perceptive [pəˈsɛptɪv] adj (gen) → perspicace; (analysis) → acuto/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The intense excitement of the events had no doubt left my perceptive powers in a state of erethism. The mental suffering that Tarzan's sorrowful thoughts induced had the effect of numbing his keen, perceptive faculties, so that the advancing savages were almost upon him before he became aware that he was no longer alone upon the beach. It was from Akut--a sudden, low growl, no louder than those he had been giving vent to the while he pranced about the dead bull, nor half so loud in fact; but of a timbre that bore straight to the perceptive faculties of the jungle beast ingrained in Korak. |
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