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perceptive

adjective

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Quick to recognize and understand important details or meanings.

A perceptive question revealed an assumption that the group had overlooked.
Dictionary practice example.
At a student poster sale, Sal was perceptive enough to notice that a tiny change in spacing altered the mood of two otherwise similar designs.
From Calibrating Confidence.
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