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most sapient

ADJECTIVE

sagacious

Synonyms

WEAK

acute astucious astute cagey canny clear-sighted clever contemplative discerning discriminating educated enlightened experienced farsighted foxy informed insightful intelligent judicious keen knowing knowledgeable perceptive reflective sage scholarly sensible sharp shrewd smart thoughtful wise

Example Sentences

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At 75, William Allen White remains one of the country's most sapient reporters, with a special knack for observations which others have felt but never quite got down in Will White's bumblebee prose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thou hast in truth learnt oratory, most sapient daughter," he said, bitterly; "thou pleadest well and flowingly, yet thou hast said not for whom thou bearest this marvellous interest—it can scarce be for a traitor?

From The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History by Aguilar, Grace

“Don’t you see that that is the precise reason why they are here, most sapient of second officers? if we hadn’t been short-handed the cap’en wouldn’t have shipped them.”

From Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)

"With what nation, most sapient sir?" asked the monarch, laughing.

From Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 by Various

This company are moderns to a man, and, if we may judge of their capacities by their countenances, are indeed a most sapient society.

From The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency by Trusler, John