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most sapient

ADJECTIVE

sagacious

Synonyms

WEAK

acute astucious astute cagey canny clear-sighted clever contemplative discerning discriminating educated enlightened experienced farsighted foxy informed insightful intelligent judicious keen knowing knowledgeable perceptive reflective sage scholarly sensible sharp shrewd smart thoughtful wise

Example Sentences

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At 75, William Allen White remains one of the country's most sapient reporters, with a special knack for observations which others have felt but never quite got down in Will White's bumblebee prose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lord This and Lady That are more thought of as potentially occupying stalls or boxes at a first performance than is the presence of the most sapient judges.”

From The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891 by Flower, B. O. (Benjamin Orange)

“And, pray thee, what may that be, most sapient philosopher?”

From The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

"What!" continued the votary of wealth,—"what! cannot gold purchase health, most sapient doctors?"

From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by Jesse, William

True, most sapient counsellor, and I will be on my guard.

From The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 by Various