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sagacious

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sa·ga·cious  (s-gshs)
adj.
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. See Synonyms at shrewd.

[From Latin sagx, sagc-, of keen perception; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]

sa·gacious·ly adv.
sa·gacious·ness n.

sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs]
adj
1. having or showing sagacity; wise
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Hunting) Obsolete (of hounds) having an acute sense of smell
[from Latin sagāx, from sāgīre to be astute]
sagaciously  adv
sagaciousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sagacious - acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators"
wise - having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
2.sagacious - skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman"
politic - marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply"

sagacious
Translations
sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs] ADJ (frm) [person, remark] → sagaz

sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs] adj (= wise) → sage

sagacious
adj, sagaciously
advweise, klug

sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs] adjsagace
sagacious [səˈgeɪʃəs] adjsagace

sagacious
adj sagacious [səˈgeiʃəs]
showing intelligence, wisdom and good judgement The old priest was learned and sagacious. skerpsinnig ثاقِب الفِكْر проницателен prozíravý forstandig scharfsinnig σοφός, συνετός, έξυπνος sagaz tark با ذكاوت viisas sagace, avisé נָבוֹן बुद्धिमान, विचरण, दूरदर्शी oštrouman, bistar értelmes bijaksana vitur, kænn sagace, scaltro 賢い 현명한 išmintingas gudrs; []prātīgs bijaksana scherpzinnig klok, skarp(sindig) mądry sagaz înţelept, inteli­gent проницательный, дальновидный múdry, bystrý, prezieravý moder mudar skarpsinnig, klok เฉียบแหลม akıllı 睿智的, 有見地的 розсудливий, поміркований دانشور thông minh ,
adv saˈgaciously
skerpsinnig بِذكاءٍ حاد، بِحِكْمَه прозорливо prozíravě forstandigt scharfsinnig σοφά, συνετά sagazmente targalt زيركانه viisaasti avec sagacité בִּתבוּנָה विचक्षणतापूर्वक, दूरदर्शिता से oštroumno, bistro eszesen, okosan secara bijaksana viturlega con scaltrezza 賢く 현명하게 išmintingai gudri; []prātīgi dengan bijaksana scherpzinnig klokt, skarpsindig mądrze sagazmente cu înţelepciune дальновидно bystro, prezieravo modro mudro skarpsinnigt, klokt อย่างเฉียบแหลม akıllıca 睿智地 розсудливо, помірковано ذکاوت سے thông minh
n sagacity [səˈgӕsəti]
skerpsinnigheid حِدَّة ذكاء проницателност bystrost forstandighed der Scharfsinn σοφία, σύνεση sagacidad tarkus زكاوت viisaus sagacité תְבוּנָה विचक्षणता, दूरदर्शिता oštroumnost, bistrina okosság, eszesség kebijaksanaan skynsemi, vit sagacia 賢明さ 현명 išmintingumas, sumanumas gudrība; prāts kebijaksanaan scherpzinnigheid kløkt, skarpsinn mądrość, roztropność sagacidade înţelepciune проницательность bystrosť bistroumnost, modrost mudrost skarpsinnighet, klokhet ความเฉียบแหลม akıllılık 睿智 розсудливість, поміркованість ذکاوت sự thông minh


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Sagacious people I believe like to exercise that faculty.
The capital was furnished by himself he, in fact, constituted the company; for, though he had a board of directors, they were merely nominal; the whole business was conducted on his plans and with his resources, but he preferred to do so under the imposing and formidable aspect of a corporation, rather than in his individual name, and his policy was sagacious and effective.
Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work; and you, my sagacious friend, might with equal profit and pleasure travel through some pages which certain droll authors have been facetiously pleased to call
 
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