Definition of sagacious Sagacious
sa•ga•cious
We found 6 definitions of sagacious from 4 different sources.
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What does sagacious mean?
WordNet
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| sagacious - skillful in statecraft or management; "an astute and sagacious statesman" | ||
| politic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error" | ||
| sagacious - acutely insightful and wise; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" | ||
| perspicacious, sapient | ||
| wise having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- sagacious (Adjective)
Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sagacious (a.)
Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. - sagacious (a.)
Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sagacious
sa-gā′shus, adj. keen or quick in perception or thought: acute: discerning and judicious: wise.—adv. Sagā′ciously.—ns. Sagā′ciousness, Sagac′ity, acuteness of perception or thought: acute practical judgment: shrewdness. [L. sagax, sagacis—sagīre, to perceive quickly.]
