Both Uses of
sagacious
in
The Purloined Letter
- "...no more sagacious agent could, I suppose, be desired, or even imagined."
*sagacious = wise
- But the more I reflected upon the daring, dashing, and discriminating ingenuity of D—; upon the fact that the document must always have been at hand, if he intended to use it to good purpose; and upon the decisive evidence, obtained by the Prefect, that it was not hidden within the limits of that dignitary's ordinary search—the more satisfied I became that, to conceal this letter, the Minister had resorted to the comprehensive and sagacious expedient of not attempting to conceal it at all.†
Definition:
wise -- especially through long experience and thoughtfulness