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单词 perspicacity
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Definition of perspicacity in English:

perspicacity

noun ˌpəːspɪˈkasɪtiˌpərspɪˈkæsədi
mass noun
  • The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness.

    the perspicacity of her remarks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Your perspicacity in phrasing such a question is a source of wonder to me.
    • Few can observe their impulses with perspicacity.
    • There is nothing heartless about his intelligence or his perspicacity.
    • It is, moreover, written with an attention to syntax commensurate with the author's historical perspicacity.
    • Artists, like great religious leaders, show amazing perspicacity in this respect.
    Synonyms
    astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, cleverness, smartness, alertness, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicaciousness, discrimination, knowledge, sagacity, sageness
    perceptiveness, shrewdness, astuteness, discernment, perception, penetration, percipience, perspicaciousness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, keen-wittedness, clear-sightedness, sharp-sightedness, far-sightedness, acuteness, acuity, cleverness, canniness, intelligence, insight, wit, judiciousness, sound judgement, acumen, sagacity, wisdom, sageness, sensitivity, intuition, intuitiveness, understanding, discrimination, keenness

Rhymes

audacity, capacity, fugacity, loquacity, mendacity, opacity, pertinacity, pugnacity, rapacity, sagacity, sequacity, tenacity, veracity, vivacity, voracity
 
 

Definition of perspicacity in US English:

perspicacity

nounˌpərspiˈkasədēˌpərspɪˈkæsədi
  • The quality of having a ready insight into things; shrewdness.

    the perspicacity of her remarks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Artists, like great religious leaders, show amazing perspicacity in this respect.
    • It is, moreover, written with an attention to syntax commensurate with the author's historical perspicacity.
    • Your perspicacity in phrasing such a question is a source of wonder to me.
    • There is nothing heartless about his intelligence or his perspicacity.
    • Few can observe their impulses with perspicacity.
    Synonyms
    astuteness, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, acuteness, acumen, acuity, intelligence, cleverness, smartness, alertness, wit, canniness, common sense, discernment, insight, understanding, penetration, perception, perceptiveness, perspicaciousness, discrimination, knowledge, sagacity, sageness
    perceptiveness, shrewdness, astuteness, discernment, perception, penetration, percipience, perspicaciousness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, quick-wittedness, keen-wittedness, clear-sightedness, sharp-sightedness, far-sightedness, acuteness, acuity, cleverness, canniness, intelligence, insight, wit, judiciousness, sound judgement, acumen, sagacity, wisdom, sageness, sensitivity, intuition, intuitiveness, understanding, discrimination, keenness
 
 
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