insightful
adjective
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Definition of insightful
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Synonyms
discerning, perceptive, prudent, sagacious, sage, sapient, wise
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The technical discussions remain varied and can be insightful. — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, "The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News," 8 Aug. 2019 Someone around you could be unusually insightful but challenging at times. — BostonGlobe.com, "Horoscope," 7 Aug. 2019 The Greeks were insightful in naming hubris, or over-confident human arrogance, as something that inevitably brings its own punishment. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, "Real World Economics: ‘Inflation is solved’? Don’t bank on it," 28 July 2019 If someone is being erratic, do your best to be positive, insightful and helpful without meddling. — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, "Horoscopes: July 25, 2019," 25 July 2019 Is labor produced in a sweet-smelling room less insightful? — Soraya Roberts, Longreads, "This (Wo)Man’s Work," 19 July 2019 There were some really sharp and insightful questions. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "Facebook Knows More About You Than the CIA," 24 July 2019 CBS News president Susan Zirinsky entered the top job at the news division with an unshakable belief that O’Donnell, an aggressive and insightful broadcaster who has an instinct for news-making interviews, was the right person for the job. — Marisa Guthrie, The Hollywood Reporter, "Norah O'Donnell Takes on the Mission of the 'CBS Evening News'," 15 July 2019 Hypebeast Missy Elliott is back, y’all Ashley C. Ford is a beautiful and insightful writer, and when she is given a subject as expansive as Melissa Arnette Elliott, better known as Missy, then the meeting of the minds is sublime. — Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, "Trump’s Tweets Trigger a Conversation About Racism: raceAhead," 15 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'insightful.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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