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Grammar : Adj
Spell : suh-gey-shuhs
Phonetic Transcription : səˈgeɪ ʃəs



Definition of sagacious

Origin :
  • c.1600, from Latin sagacem (nominative sagax) "of quick perception;" see sagacity. Related: Sagaciously.
  • adj smart, judicious
Example sentences :
  • The sagacious lady may possibly be as curious in this point as her Lovelace.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Yet this vanity may be a mean, perhaps, to overthrow me with this sagacious lady.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • "I know that thing," he muttered to himself, with a sagacious jerk of the head.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • As a statesman he was prudent, wise, sagacious, far-seeing and true.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
  • George was a “deep, sagacious file,” who studied men like books.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • It was just a sagacious, courageous, wily, resolute—animal face.
  • Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
  • Whatever else they were, they proved to be careful and sagacious leaders.
  • Extract from : « The Black Wolf Pack » by Dan Beard
  • He was as silent and sagacious as Sarah was talkative and empty-headed.
  • Extract from : « The Peace Egg and Other tales » by Juliana Horatia Ewing
  • She took an early opportunity of sending this too sagacious rustic to bed.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • The Astor plan of investment is one of the safest, most sagacious in the world.
  • Extract from : « American Men of Mind » by Burton E. Stevenson

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