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SAGACIOUS

• SAGACIOUS (adjective)
The adjective SAGACIOUS has 2 senses:

1. acutely insightful and wise
2. skillful in statecraft or management

Familiarity information: SAGACIOUS used as an adjective is rare.

• SAGACIOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Acutely insightful and wise

Synonyms:

perspicacious; sagacious; sapient

Context examples:

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

Similar:

wise (having or prompted by wisdom or discernment)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Skillful in statecraft or management

Context example:

an astute and sagacious statesman

Similar:

politic (marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness)

"In for a dime, in for a dollar."
(English proverb)
"Shameful is not the one who doesn't know, but the one who doesn't ask."
(Azerbaijani proverb)
"I'm already drowning so why should I fear getting wet?"
(Arabic proverb)
"It hits like a grip on a pig."
(Dutch proverb)

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