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in·sight·ful

   [in-sahyt-fuhl]
adjective
characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
Origin:
1905–10; insight + -ful

Related forms
in·sight·ful·ly, adverb
in·sight·ful·ness, noun

Can be confused: incitable, insightful.
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insight (ˈɪnˌsaɪt)
 
—n
1.  the ability to perceive clearly or deeply; penetration
2.  a penetrating and often sudden understanding, as of a complex situation or problem
3.  psychol
 a.  the capacity for understanding one's own or another's mental processes
 b.  the immediate understanding of the significance of an event or action
4.  psychiatry the ability to understand one's own problems, sometimes used to distinguish between psychotic and neurotic disorders
 
'insightful
 
—adj

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insightful
1907, from insight + -ful.
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