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smart and perceptive

Astute investors spread their risk instead of investing all their money in just one thing.

astute = smart and perceptive

The astute agent realized that the small print in the contract could severely hurt his client's bank account.
The astute scouting report helped the team win the game.
An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease.
An astute consultant noted that the company had optimized their internal computer systems, but had not optimized data sharing with their vendors and customers.
Had his astute mind guessed the secret, then?
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel

astute = smart and perceptive

I'd say that's a remarkably astute analysis.
Stephen King -- The Shining

astute = smart and perceptive

Very astute. ... It was exactly what he himself would have done.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

astute = smart and perceptive

"you've completely changed, you used to be so astute, are you losing it now?"
Franz Kafka -- The Trial

astute = smart and perceptive

Astuteness makes a forester, not brawn,
Homer -- The Iliad

astuteness = intelligence and perception

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

I knew that so astute a villain would see that our hands were tied in the matter.
Arthur Conan Doyle -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

astute = smart & perceptive

Few Little League pitchers had the courage, astuteness and ability to manage those types of pitches.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

astuteness = intelligence and perception

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

Mundt gained a reputation as a loyal and astute protector of the people, and he silenced forever those tongues that could betray his secret.
John Le Carre -- The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

astute = smart and perceptive

For all his sagacity, for all his caution and astuteness, the old judge had gone the way of the rest.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

astuteness = smart perceptiveness

(Editor's note: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.)

The young man seemed rather astute, Moon thought, and determined, as well.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist

astute = smart and perceptive

This time broken by the drawl of the astute congressman from Tennessee.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

astute = smart and perceptive

Very astute, Harry, but...
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

astute = smart & perceptive

"How astute of you," Grover burped.
Gish Jen -- Typical American

astute = smart and perceptive

it ... was a fairly astute analysis of the relationship between Chris and Walt McCandless.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

astute = smart and perceptive

He studied the lieutenant unobtrusively with little astute eyes.
Graham Greene -- The Power and the Glory

astute = smart and perceptive

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