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sagacious
/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
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What does sagacious mean?
adjective
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
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/səˈɡeɪʃəs/
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He called a meeting of his colleagues, and laid before them a proposition which, it will be seen, was profoundly sagacious.
Joly had a trick of touching his nose with the tip of his cane, which is an indication of a sagacious mind.
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This want of cohesion is a sufficient proof that in a wild state they are not so sagacious as they have been considered.
We have witnessed, in our day contests brilliant with skilful maneuvers unknown to the sagacious and dexterous chess artists of the Eighteenth century.
The sagacious animal has, however, dwindled down to the lowest rank of his family, but ill usage has not altogether destroyed his worth.