sagacious
pronunciation
How to pronounce sagacious in British English:
UK [səˈgeɪʃəs]
How to pronounce sagacious in American English:
US [səˈɡeʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- acutely insightful and wise
- skillful in statecraft or management
Word Origin
- sagacious
- sagacious: see seek
- sagacious (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin sagacem (nominative sagax) "of quick perception;" see sagacity. Related: Sagaciously.
Example
- 1. The sagacious professor answered : " it depends on what you mean by ' why ' . "
- 2. A sagacious businessman seldom fails in his business .
- 3. A sagacious person , remark , decision .
- 4. Between these four ways , a less sagacious man would have remained undecided .
- 5. Sagacious businessman seldom failsin his business .