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n. - Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings).

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Usage examples (5)
  • Adjective : to exhibit perspicacious judgment
  • Her courage and perspicaciousness are second to none.
  • Portia smiled quite genuinely; she was fond of Lady O, but Simon, in company with most gentlemen of his ilk, found her perspicaciousness somewhat scarifying.
  • In Elizabeth, for instance, Imam Heshaam Jaaber is credited with avoiding -- through dint of his personality and perspicaciousness -- riotous situations such as Newark's.
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