All 3 Uses of
discerning
in
Pride and Prejudice
- He answered me with the utmost civility, and even paid me the compliment of saying that he was so well convinced of Lady Catherine's discernment as to be certain she could never bestow a favor unworthily.†
p. 96.7 *discernment = having good judgment or good taste and/or perceiving things not easily perceived by most people
- "How despicably I have acted!" she cried; "I, who have prided myself on my discernment!†
p. 202.0
- Elizabeth, who had expected to find in her as acute and unembarrassed an observer as ever Mr. Darcy had been, was much relieved by discerning such different feelings.†
p. 249.4
Definition:
showing good judgment or good taste and/or the perception of things not easily perceived by most people