having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd: Socrates, that sagacious Greek philosopher, believed that the easiest way to learn was by asking questions.
The environmentalist movement that was cultivated here has given rise to an entire generation of engineers, scientists, and designers who have started to pay closer attention to the ways that nature can be the most sagacious teacher.
Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Environmentalism - Issue 90: Something Green|Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay|October 7, 2020|Nautilus
When storm clouds start to form, sagacious leaders deal with them before things get out of hand.
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure|Jack Abramoff|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For original material he depended largely on the collections and sagacious notes of the traveler Commerson.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2)|David Starr Jordan
How many fine collections has this sagacious bibliomaniac seen disposed of!
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin
The strong-armed and the sagacious can take care of themselves.
In the School-Room|John S. Hart
Some of the latter, included among the occasional works, are sagacious and prudent and deserve careful study.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
Another principle, I think, will be found to be universal with them, instead of sagacious reasoning.
Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained|M. Quinby
British Dictionary definitions for sagacious
sagacious
/ (səˈɡeɪʃəs) /
adjective
having or showing sagacity; wise
obsolete(of hounds) having an acute sense of smell