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discerning

/dɪˈsɝ.nɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive. · The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing.
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So far, the ordinary observer; an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child of whom shy Matthew Cuthbert was so ludicrously afraid.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 14 · C1
Darcy had been, was much relieved by discerning such different feelings.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 292 · B2

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