Both Uses of
sagacious
in
John Adams by McCullough
- Mr. Adams's passions and prejudices were sometimes too strong for his sagacity and judgment," she observed.†
Subsection 3.11.3
- But now he felt no such restraint, and in a series of letters he unleashed his wrath as he seldom had, demonstrating, just as Mercy Warren had said, that his passions could at times overcome his sagacity, but also how deeply she had hurt him.†
Subsection 3.11.3 *
Definition:
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(sagacious) wise -- especially through long experience and thoughtfulness