Meaning & use

perspicacious

adjective·Advanced

Having a ready insight into and understanding of things; keenly perceptive or shrewd in judgment.

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The perspicacious detective noticed the small inconsistency that everyone else had missed.

Her perspicacious comments during the meeting revealed problems no one else had considered.

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Perspicacious is a formal, somewhat literary word; perceptive or sharp fit better in everyday speech.

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