PERCEPTIVE


Meaning of PERCEPTIVE in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

more

That is not to say that some people are not naturally more perceptive , sympathetic and shrewd than others.

In the case of taste he may, musically speaking, have been even more perceptive than he realised.

most

He was the most perceptive person she had ever met.

Susan Zakin is the most perceptive and eloquent political columnist in print in Tucson and probably in the whole damn state.

very

Win and win and win. Very perceptive .

Tom was too greedy, and not very perceptive .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

perceptive comments

a perceptive observer of the political scene

He was a perceptive and sophisticated man who was sensitive to other people's weaknesses.

I like her novels - she's so perceptive about people's relationships.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another perceptive point made by Swan is the possible relationship between kiln design and the type of fuel used.

He was the most perceptive person she had ever met.

High school students are remarkably perceptive and fresh in their views.

Some people are just much more sensitive and perceptive in transmitting or receiving data than others.

Susan Zakin is the most perceptive and eloquent political columnist in print in Tucson and probably in the whole damn state.

Tom was too greedy, and not very perceptive .

Would people with sharp ears have been so perceptive ?

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