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to be better at noticing or realizing things than most people- She made a perceptive observation.
perceptive = of something noticed that many people might have missed
- a perceptive eye
- the sudden, unexpected gift of peace which they had offered him in their quiet, perceptive way.Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name
- "That's very perceptive, son," said the sergeant.David Almond -- Clay
- For a grease monkey slash volleyball player, he was pretty perceptive.Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
- You're far more perceptive than most.Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
- Wicked and—of course, perceptive.Peter Shaffer -- Equus
- Ruth was amazed that her mother was so perceptive.Amy Tan -- The Bonesetter's Daughter
- The perceptive detective noticed every clue at the crime scene.
- perceptive faculties
- ...her engaging face, being an open as well as a perceptive one ...Dickens, Charles -- Our Mutual Friend
- She fixed him with her conscious, perceptive eye and asked him if he spoke no French.James, Henry -- The American
- From the start, he pierced with his perceptive sight Through the veils that hid this evil from light.Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
- "You know, Rebecca, you're an extremely perceptive person," he says.Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
- The Whisperer was too perceptive for its own good!Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- There was compassion there, deep and perceptive, as if Langdon somehow knew exactly what she was thinking.Dan Brown -- The Lost Symbol
- So much for his perceptiveness.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- Most people who are able to handle LLI have high levels of empathy and are often very perceptive of others.Bella Forrest -- A Shade of Vampire
- "You're very perceptive," Sebastian said after a brief pause.Cassandra Clare -- City of Heavenly Fire
- She is brave, lovely and, ah-h-h, so perceptive, Jessica thought.Frank Herbert -- Dune
perceptive = better at noticing things than most people
perceptive = insightful (demonstrating a superior ability to notice or understand things)
perceptive = better at noticing things than most people
perceptive = better at noticing things than most people
perceptive = to be better at noticing or realizing things than most people
perceptive = good at noticing things
(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.)
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