perspicacious

adj.
Having or showing penetrating mental discernment; clear-sighted. See synonyms at shrewd.

[From Latin perspicāx, perspicāc-, from perspicere, to look through. See perspective.]

perspicaciously per'spi·ca'cious·ly adv.
perspicaciousness per'spi·ca'cious·ness n.

adjective

Having or showing a clever awareness and resourcefulness in practical matters: astute, cagey, canny, knowing, shrewd, slick, smart, wise¹. Informal savvy. See ability/inability, careful/careless.

adj

Definition: observant, perceptive
Antonyms: dull, ignorant, inattentive, unobservant, unperceptive

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[fr. L. perspicere, see next]  of acute mental vision or discernment

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skarpsindig, indforstået

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherpzinnig

Français (French)
adj. - perspicace

Deutsch (German)
adj. - scharfsinnig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - διορατικός, οξυδερκής

Italiano (Italian)
perspicace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perspicaz

Русский (Russian)
проницательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - perspicaz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - klarsynt, skärpt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
颖悟的, 有洞察力的, 聪明的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 穎悟的, 有洞察力的, 聰明的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 선견지명이 있는, 통찰력이 있는, 총명한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 明敏な, 洞察力のある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نافذ البصيرة, ثاقب الفكر, سريع الفهم للأمور والحكم عليها‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חד-תפיסה, מבין‬

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