Both Uses of
acumen
in
The Mill on the Floss
- When they went down, uncle Pullet observed, with some acumen, that he reckoned the missis had been showing her bonnet,—that was what had made them so long upstairs.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- She could have informed you that there was such a word as "polygamy," and being also acquainted with "polysyllable," she had deduced the conclusion that "poly" mean "many"; but she had had no idea that gypsies were not well supplied with groceries, and her thoughts generally were the oddest mixture of clear-eyed acumen and blind dreams.†
Chpt 1.11
Definition:
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(acumen) uncommon ability to make good decisions