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most sagacious

ADJECTIVE

smart, judicious

Synonyms

WEAK

acute apt astucious astute cagey canny clear-sighted clever cool discerning discriminating far-sighted foxy gnostic heady hip insightful intelligent keen knowing knowledgeable perceptive perspicacious prudent rational sage sapient savvy sensible sharp shrewd smooth sophic wise witty

Antonyms

WEAK

careless foolish ignorant stupid

Example Sentences

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With this dark prospect in view, the task of decyphering the arrow-headed characters was attempted by M. Grotefend, one of the most sagacious and distinguished philologists of Europe.

From The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe by Bartlett, John Russell

Have you never observed, oh, most sagacious Thomas, that no pretty woman ever had an adorer without wishing to torment him with a rival?

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George

The Princess of Babylon is to belong to the prince who is most sagacious, and you have solved enigmas.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

It is well executed, and only the most sagacious and quick-sighted are never mistaken in the cards.

From Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 by Various

The mother, the most sagacious of them all, proposed a general muster of the whole household, which the father undertook to carry into effect personally.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various