argute

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It is obvious, then, why dramatic critics delight in impaling a squirming situation on their argute pens and holding it up for ridicule with delighted cries of " hokum."

From Time Magazine Archive

There is no question here of argute loqui.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

It is right well imagined," said Catherine, "and shows an argute judgment.

From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir

Julius Cæsar said: 'Duas res plerasque Gallia industriosissime prosequitur, rem militarem et argute loqui'; and these are still the characteristics of our gallant allies.

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph