astute
/əsˈtjuːt/ adjective C2- Quickly and critically discerning.
- Shrewd or crafty. · astute analysis· astute observation
Comparative astuter · Superlative astutest
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However, we will suppose that they are an extraordinarily astute couple, who deceive everyone upon this point, and conspire to murder the husband.
It presented, as the astute reader will have already perceived, few difficulties in its solution, for a very limited choice of alternatives must get to the root of the matter.
He turned to his more astute comrade for help.
Lewis possessed a particularly astute botanical inclination, documenting myriad plant specimens with an exacting eye for morphological detail and ecological context.
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