Both Uses of
perceptive
in
The Bonesetter's Daughter
- Ruth was amazed that her mother was so perceptive.
Chpt 1.4 *perceptive = good at noticing things
- Or perhaps she was two versions of herself, Ruth 1969 and Ruth 1999, one more innocent and the other more perceptive, one needier, the other more self-sufficient, both of them fearful.†
Chpt 3.1
Definition:
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(perceptive) to be better at noticing or realizing things than most people