All 3 Uses of
discerning
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She was remarkably quick in the discovery of attachments, and had enjoyed the advantage of raising the blushes and the vanity of many a young lady by insinuations of her power over such a young man; and this kind of discernment enabled her soon after her arrival at Barton decisively to pronounce that Colonel Brandon was very much in love with Marianne Dashwood.†
Chpt 8
- Elinor was employed in walking thoughtfully from the fire to the window, from the window to the fire, without knowing that she received warmth from one, or discerning objects through the other; and Marianne, seated at the foot of the bed, with her head leaning against one of its posts, again took up Willoughby's letter, and, after shuddering over every sentence, exclaimed— "It is too much!†
Chpt 29
- I do assure you that you owe it entirely, at least almost entirely, to your own merit, and Colonel Brandon's discernment of it.†
Chpt 40 *
Definition:
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(discerning) showing good judgment or good taste and/or the perception of things not easily perceived by most people