Both Uses
acumen
in
Jane Eyre
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- Mr. Rochester had sometimes read my unspoken thoughts with an acumen to me incomprehensible: in the present instance he took no notice of my abrupt vocal response; but he smiled at me with a certain smile he had of his own, and which he used but on rare occasions.†
p. 283.6
- But when St. John had mused a few moments he recommenced as imperturbably and with as much acumen as ever.†
p. 400.2 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(acumen) uncommon ability to make good decisions
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)