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acute, delicate, fine, keen, quick, sensitive, sharp
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That one, in my opinion, was probably the most perceptive of the bunch, showing a greater-than-average understanding of Louisville's team. — Gentry Estes, The Courier-Journal, "Anonymous coaches dish on their outlook for Louisville football in the 2019 season," 7 Aug. 2019 Their sexuality is not obvious, except, perhaps, to especially perceptive adult viewers of the mid-20th-century art-film audience who could appreciate young Olivia’s fascination with Mlle. — Armond White, National Review, "The Vintage French Film Olivia Bests Today’s #Resistance Filmmakers," 21 Aug. 2019 The perceptive reader will have already spotted the flaw in my thinking. — Pete Wells, New York Times, "A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae," 2 Feb. 2018 But isn’t the world of hospitality known for training people how to be perceptive? — Fortune, "What I Learned in Inclusion Training at the World’s Top Cocktail Festival," 10 Aug. 2019 Use perceptive tactics to handle the household budget and to plan for family needs. — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, "Horoscope for July 13, 2019: Gemini, review your budget and bills; Scorpio, release what’s not needed," 13 July 2019 Of the children on Big Little Lies, Chloe (Darby Camp) has always been one of the more perceptive ones. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, "Big Little Lies Explores the Consequences of Parents’ Actions," 8 July 2019 Jon was very perceptive and very much wanted her to be her own person, not just waiting for Spidey to come and do whatever Spidey needed to do. — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, "Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Zendaya and Tom Holland are 'very competitive' with each other," 2 July 2019 To a perceptive observer, these changes have been apparent since the mid 20th century. — Mary Spencer, National Review, "What Joan Didion Saw," 29 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'perceptive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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