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Sagacious adj.

Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. "Sagacious of his quarry from so far."

Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. "Instinct... makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension." "Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions."

Synonyms: See Shrewd.

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Etymology of 'Sagacious'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Sagacious" Quotes from Famous Books

... the great and sagacious statesman, has always insisted that whatever the result, the Christians in Turkey should be protected by Christian Europe; and that the British policy should be a straightforward and resolute dealing ...

— The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897 - A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls • Various

... burgomasters, were so blind to the necessities and interests of a new and sparsely populated country, as to forbid bundling within their borders? Indeed, it would be but a sorry compliment to the wisdom of that sagacious and far-sighted body of merchants comprised in the High and Mighty West India Company, to believe that they were unwilling to introduce under their benign auspices, a custom so intimately connected with their own national social habits, and so promising to the prospective interests and enlargement ...

— Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America • Henry Reed Stiles

... fact remains that this pretended indignation gained its end. Above all else, Gustavus knew the character of his people. They were particularly prone to sentiment. A few sham tears or an exuberant display of wrath had more effect upon them than the most sagacious argument that the monarch could employ. His policy, therefore, was to stir their feelings, and then withdraw to watch their feelings effervesce. It is not too much to say that no monarch has ever in so short a time effected greater change in sentiment than Gustavus effected among ...

— The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa • Paul Barron Watson

... the haunts of men, Like him renouncing vanity, His friendship I acquired just then; His character attracted me. An innate love of meditation, Original imagination, And cool sagacious mind he had: I was incensed and he was sad. Both were of passion satiate And both of dull existence tired, Extinct the flame which once had fired; Both were expectant of the hate With which blind Fortune oft betrays The very morning of ...

— Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] - A Romance of Russian Life in Verse • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

... very quiet. Bruno, the great dog, comes forward and studies him with sagacious, penetrating eyes. He pats ...

— Floyd Grandon's Honor • Amanda Minnie Douglas

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