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Meanings of sagacity in English
Catalan
bon criteri Spanish
criterio The mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations.
Usage of sagacity in English
1
The dog and the elephant prefigured the sagacity of the human mind.
2
There is more sagacity in thy body than in thy best wisdom.
3
Beulah fancied him a Solon in sagacity, and a Bacon in wisdom.
4
He had the rare merit of combining sagacity with intrepidity in action.
5
At Cooper Union, Lincoln exhibited not only oratorical eloquence but political sagacity.
6
But there was in it a certain amount of common working sagacity.
7
He lacked alike the sagacity, the foresight, and the suppleness of Leopold.
8
With wonderful sagacity Newton traced the consequences of the law of gravitation.
9
The principal characteristic of the second nephew, Adrian Harley, was his sagacity.
10
Governor Roberts exhibited much sagacity and diplomatic shrewdness in accomplishing his object.
11
She was wrong; but her unreasoning desperation triumphed over his calm sagacity.
12
Your sagacity and philosophy have been the wonder of the world, sir.
13
Somebody in the place must show a little elementary sagacity and restraint.
14
Without much need of sagacity, he divined the gist of the truth.
15
But we must also note what sagacity in this connection stands for.
16
There needed little sagacity to arbitrate in a matter such as this.
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Sagacity through the time
Sagacity across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare