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Meaning of 'discerning' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Discerning [ a.]
- Acute; shrewd; sagacious; sharp-sighted.
2 . Discerning [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Discern

Meaning of 'discerning' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . discerning [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having or revealing keen insight and good judgment
Example in sentence:
  • a discerning critic;
  • a discerning reader
2 . discerning [ s]
Meaning (2):
- unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
Example in sentence:
  • a discerning editor;
  • a discreet silence
Meaning (3):
- able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
Example in sentence:
  • a discerning eye for color;
  • discerning taste
Meaning (4):
- quick to understand
Example in sentence:
  • a kind and apprehensive friend

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