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perceptive

/pɚˈsɛptɪv/ adjective C1
  1. Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition. · He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.
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Still I had had such extraordinary evidence of the quickness of his perceptive faculties, that I had no doubt that he could see a great deal which was hidden from me.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 27 · B2
His achievement proves that profound literary significance does not require epic scales or catastrophic events, but merely a perceptive, empathetic observer.
The Enduring Topography of Malgudi, p. 1 · C2

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