perspicacitynoun [ U ]
uk/ˌpɜː.spɪˈkæs.ə.ti/us/ˌpɝː.spɪˈkæs.ə.t̬i/formal approvingthe ability to understand things quickly and make accurate judgments:
a woman of exceptional perspicacity
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Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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