perceptive

How To Use perceptive In A Sentence

• The term aesthetics was coined in the eighteenth century by the German philosopher Alexander Baumgarten from the Greek word aisthetikos meaning “perceptive, especially by feeling”. MARKETING AESTHETICS
• He was sharply perceptive and had an earthy, sly humour which put an edge on his nice irony.
• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.
• Her pedestrian, low-brow, unperceptive prose has struck a chord with the so-bad-it's-good brigade.
• Behind every brilliant best-selling author is usually a perceptive, savvy publisher.
• If a certain amount of begrudgery is the unavoidable product of such a position of eminence, it is neither fair nor perceptive.
• So, like any good Washington pundit who imagines that proximity translates into perceptiveness, I feel entirely qualified to look into the president's eyes to get a sense of his soul. John Feffer: Barack Obama's Secret State of the Union
• He's always happy to talk, frank in his opinions, entertaining in his manner and perceptive about whatever matter is in hand.
• I'm all for good satire, the sharp and perceptive deflating of pretense, pompousness or deceit.
• He was very lively, sharp-witted, and perceptive about many things - yet he could also be bitter, cruel in his observations, and reckless in his behaviour.