All 10 Uses of
sagacious
in
Bleak House
- But of course I said nothing in reply except that I would do my best, though I feared (I realty felt it necessary to repeat this) that he thought me much more sagacious than I was.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- The sagacious Smallweed supplies him with the newspaper and occasionally drops his eye upon him from the landing as a precaution against his becoming disgusted with waiting and making an untimely departure.†
Chpt 19-21
- Mr. Jobling is about to interrupt when the sagacious Smallweed checks him with a dry cough and the words, "Hem!†
Chpt 19-21
- Mr. Guppy nods his sagacious head, advances it yet closer, and drops into a whisper.†
Chpt 31-33
- "So sagacious, our young friend," said she to me in her mysterious way.†
Chpt 34-36
- But ve-ry sagacious!†
Chpt 34-36
- But exceedingly sagacious!†
Chpt 34-36
- The best you can, the best you can!" and Mr. Bucket, with a nod and a sagacious crook of the forefinger, slips down into the hall, where the voices quickly die away.†
Chpt 52-54
- He was really very kind and gentle, and as he stood before the fire warming his boots and rubbing his face with his forefinger, I felt a confidence in his sagacity which reassured me.†
Chpt 55-57
- Now, I have had very little pleasure at our dear Richard's lately, and your practical sagacity demonstrates why.†
Chpt 61-63
Definition:
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(sagacious) wise -- especially through long experience and thoughtfulness