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perceptive

[per-sep-tiv] / pərˈsɛp tɪv /


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Her essential judgments on persons and events, as quoted, make her look wise and perceptive, which is her general reputation, but she was also indiscreet.

From The Wall Street Journal

We put store in knowing what people look like: hence the value of perceptive portraits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taylor is one of the most emotionally perceptive fiction writers working today, and his third novel, set in the New York art world, is his best.

From Los Angeles Times

Unburdened by the contemporary setting that sometimes trips up a filmmaker’s boldest ideas, Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee” is perhaps the year’s most extraordinarily perceptive film.

From Salon

Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side's evolution that proved equally perceptive.

From BBC