Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness. From LearnThat.org. [Cullen Hightower]
Ah, it's just that snark-ass kind of astuteness I need in my presidential administration. From Wordnik.com. [Credit crunch solutions #1: Rent a wife] Reference
There are also vices which are akin to them, not truly, but with a false kind of similarity, such as astuteness bears to prudence. ". From Wordnik.com. [Nature and Grace: Selections from the Summa Theologica of Thomas Aquinas] Reference
As King of the Pipes I have to show great astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands] Reference
"I can leave it all to your astuteness," said Montaiglon. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
But the astuteness of my veteran circumvented all these plans. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
It is in this year that Louis XI. begins to show his real astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Now young Barter had a prodigious idea of this gentleman's astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray] Reference
Mueck's psychological astuteness is too profound to be mere facility. 10. From Wordnik.com. [A Global Tour Of 2001'S Best Art] Reference
Perhaps, however, they had more astuteness than has been supposed by some. From Wordnik.com. [The Right of American Slavery] Reference
Maigret could not help smiling at such a mixture of astuteness and naivete. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret and the Pickpocket]
Hukow was, through Wang's astuteness, chartered on exceptionally favourable terms. From Wordnik.com. [Life and sport in China Second Edition] Reference
Richard I of England, the astuteness of Philip Augustus of France, were of no avail. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
Mr. Boehner's gaffe can't be attributed to lack of political experience or astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [For and Against Boehner on Taxes] Reference
“Three months should be enough for a man of your astuteness to produce the leaders.”. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
The General smiled again in admiration of the young fellow's astuteness, and Nan recovered. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
"It's a filthy habit," he said, inordinately relieved by her astuteness and yet with wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
"Lost indeed," responded the quack, scarcely able to conceal his pride in his own astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
‘Especially if you were thinking of using words such as intelligence, nous or astuteness.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Bride]
"It sounds," spoke Robbie with unexpected astuteness, "as if you are really worrying after all.". From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
Gifted with astuteness and luck as well as solid integrity, he was successful within a few years. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
He acknowledged her astuteness with an inclination of his head, and steered her on to fresh fields. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
He had with some astuteness, and doubtless not without sincerity, ranged himself on the side of the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
Here she wagged her head in self-congratulation at her own astuteness, and Stephen flushed angrily. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
People who really listen; people who develop that type of intellectual astuteness who develop antennae. From Wordnik.com. [Freddie Gershon: Happy National Arts and Education Week, America] Reference
Well pleased with his own astuteness, he then retired to rest, and soon sleep lay heavy on his eyelids. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Myths] Reference
"Well, you needn't be," responded Miss Standish, with an asperity born of impatience at her own lack of astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
"Maybe I have, son," remarked the trapper, smiling more broadly at this evidence of astuteness on the part of the boy. From Wordnik.com. [With Trapper Jim in the North Woods] Reference
A third name current in Cape Town, 'the Blind Man,' was an ironical tribute to his exceptional astuteness in politics. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
Then turning, she disappeared in the house, leaving Concho to marvel at her astuteness, a thing he had never suspected. From Wordnik.com. [When Dreams Come True] Reference
He smiled gently at Grim's astuteness in paying him out so neatly for his previous friendly remarks about chucking out. From Wordnik.com. [Acton's Feud A Public School Story] Reference
But with all his astuteness he could not have guessed what extremes of wrath and grief the insulted taskmaster suffered. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
It also illustrates a singular mingling of unsophistication and astuteness, which may be a result of collegiate training. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
Rarely if ever in the history of the country have two men of such ability and astuteness participated in a local canvass. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
I told him, on one of these occasions, that I thought "he need not give his enemy credit for such far-sighted astuteness.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847] Reference
"You will find that you have in reality benefited by his cunning and astuteness, even after the racing debts are fully paid.". From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
Child as she then was, her astuteness and self-control were such as might have excited the admiration of Macchiavelli himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
These issues have been out there for a while about whether or not McCain's mental astuteness has been affected at all by his age. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2008] Reference
Of course he had some principle of guessing; and this lay in mere observation and admeasurement of the astuteness of his opponents. From Wordnik.com. [The Short-story] Reference
He protested weakly, flattered, really, that Maigret paid so much attention to him, rendering an indirect homage to his astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret Afraid]
As land-agents they show much astuteness, and are reputed to have enriched themselves in many cases at the expense of their masters. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
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