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most sagacious

ADJECTIVE

smart, judicious

Synonyms

WEAK

acute apt astucious astute cagey canny clear-sighted clever cool discerning discriminating far-sighted foxy gnostic heady hip insightful intelligent keen knowing knowledgeable perceptive perspicacious prudent rational sage sapient savvy sensible sharp shrewd smooth sophic wise witty

Antonyms

WEAK

careless foolish ignorant stupid

Example Sentences

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Rich in every gentle quality that makes life endeared, his books are the most sagacious and helpful of modern writings for the young student.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan

Even now, to the most sagacious mind of this time, the real ground and evidence of its own assurance of Shakspeare's supremacy, is the universal, deep, immovable conviction of it in the public feeling.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various

I remembered the opinion of the most sagacious and penetrating spirit which it had been my lot ever to know; and I felt that the Continent was to be our field of battle no longer.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various

The most sagacious business men had unlimited faith in the destiny of the canal as a prime commercial factor and invested largely in canal stocks.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William

In those days it occurred only to the most sagacious minds that with increased facilities commerce would expand.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William