discerning
adjective
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Pronunciation: /dɪˈsɜː.nɪŋ/ / /dɪˈsɝ.nɪŋ/ / /dəˈsøː.nəŋ/
adj
- Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.
“The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing.”
“Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]”
noun
- discernment
“Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied”
verb
- present participle and gerund of discern