astuteness

Definitions of astuteness
  1. noun
    the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
    synonyms: deepness, depth, profoundness, profundity
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    sapience, wisdom
    ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight
  2. noun
    intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
    synonyms: perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness
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    craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
    acumen, insightfulness
    shrewdness shown by keen insight
    knowingness
    shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
    street smarts
    a shrewd ability to survive in a dangerous urban environment
    type of:
    intelligence
    the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
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"The Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Jabez Wilson is invited to join an elite professional society, but when the group suddenly disbands, Wilson wonders if he's been the victim of a joke. He asks detective Sherlock Holmes to investigate. Read the full text here. Here are links to our lists for other works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Five Orange Pips

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