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sagaciously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See {Seek}, and cf {Presage}.] 1. Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. Sagacious of his quarry from so far --Milton. 2. Hence of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. Instinct . . . makes them many times, sagacious above our apprehension. --Dr. H. More Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions. --Locke. Syn: See {Shrewd}. -- {Sa*ga"cious*ly}, adv -- {Sa*ga"cious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sagaciously adv : in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely" [syn: {astutely}, {shrewdly}, {sapiently}]
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