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

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

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