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sagaciousness

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sa⋅ga⋅cious

  [suh-gey-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: a sagacious lawyer.
2. Obsolete. keen of scent.
Origin:
1600–10; sagaci(ty) + -ous

Related forms:
sa⋅ga⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
sa⋅ga⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. wise, sage, discerning, clever, intelligent, judicious, acute, sharp, keen, perspicacious.

Antonyms:
1. unwise.
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sa·ga·cious   (sə-gā'shəs)   
adj.  Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness. See Synonyms at shrewd.

[From Latin sagāx, sagāc-, of keen perception; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
sa·ga'cious·ly adv., sa·ga'cious·ness n.
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