All 3 Uses of
sagacious
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Margaret's sagacity was not always displayed in a way so satisfactory to her sister.
Chpt 12 *sagacity = wisdom
- CHAPTER 40 "Well, Miss Dashwood," said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as soon as the gentleman had withdrawn, "I do not ask you what the Colonel has been saying to you; for though, upon my honour, I TRIED to keep out of hearing, I could not help catching enough to understand his business.†
Chpt 40
- The selfish sagacity of the latter, which had at first drawn Robert into the scrape, was the principal instrument of his deliverance from it; for her respectful humility, assiduous attentions, and endless flatteries, as soon as the smallest opening was given for their exercise, reconciled Mrs. Ferrars to his choice, and re-established him completely in her favour.†
Chpt 50
Definition:
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(sagacious) wise -- especially through long experience and thoughtfulness