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| bleary-eyed |
not alert; not perceptive. [1/2 definitions] |
| clear-eyed |
able to see things as they are; perceptive or realistic. [1/2 definitions] |
| clearheaded |
possessing an alert, perceptive, wide-awake mind. |
| clearsighted |
possessing sound judgment; thinking clearly; perceptive. [1/2 definitions] |
| discerning |
exercising good judgment and discrimination; perceptive. |
| insightful |
keenly perceptive. |
| keen1 |
finely discerning; extremely perceptive; acute. [1/4 definitions] |
| mordant |
keenly perceptive; incisive. [1/5 definitions] |
| mouthful |
a comment that is important, perceptive, or full of meaning. [1/4 definitions] |
| penetrating |
keenly discerning; sharply perceptive. [1/2 definitions] |
| percipient |
having an acute power of perception or discernment; perceptive. |
| perspicacious |
keenly perceptive or understanding; discerning. |
| unperceptive |
combined form of perceptive. |
| wit1 |
the ability to express oneself in a clever, perceptive, and ingenious way that produces humor or pleasure for the intellect, or that which is expressed in this way and to this effect. [2/5 definitions] |
| witty |
displaying or characterized by clever, perceptive humor. [1/2 definitions] |
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