perceptive

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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 • Dec. 18, 2025

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

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

There, in the confines of its pages, Nora recognizes that her father has a much more innate and perceptive knowledge of her that neither of them ever could’ve imagined.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

He spent his initial internship days showcasing his perceptive eye by compiling magazine photos for music video storyboards.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

He was a perceptive, graceful, sophisticated man who was sensitive to everyone’s weaknesses but his own and found everyone absurd but himself.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller