different between observant vs sagaciously

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?z?v?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?z??v?nt/
• Hyphenation: ob?ser?vant

Adjective

observant (comparative more observant, superlative most observant)

1. Alert and paying close attention; watchful.

2. Diligently attentive in observing a law, custom, duty or principle; regardful; mindful.
   • 1644, Kenelm Digby, Two Treatises

     We are told how observant Alexander was of his master Aristotle.

Antonyms

• inobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant
• unobserving

Derived terms

• hyperobservant
• nonobservant
• unobservant

Related terms

• inobservant

Translations

Anagrams

• bevatrons, obversant

Catalan

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p.s??.v??/

Verb

observant

1. present participle of observer

Latin

Verb

observant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of observ?

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p.s?r????/, (neuter singular) /-????t/ (examples of pronunciation) or
• IPA^(key): /??p.s?r???nt/

Adjective

observant (indefinite singular observant, definite singular and plural observante)

1. observant
2. attentive

Derived terms

• obs

Related terms

• observere

References

• “observant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ob.ser?vant/

Adjective

observant m or n (feminine singular observant?, masculine plural observan?i, feminine and neuter plural observante)

1. observant (obeying the custom, practice or rules of a religion)

Declension

Related terms

• observator

English

Etymology

sagacious +? -ly

Adverb

sagaciously (comparative more sagaciously, superlative most sagaciously)

1. In a sagacious manner, in a way that is clever, shrewd, observant, keen of intellect or discernment, cunning or with ability and aptitude; sagely.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Volume 3, Letter 37, pp. 189-190,^[1]

     Who could forbear smiling, to see my charmer, like a farcical dean and chapter, choose what was before chosen for her; and sagaciously (as they go in form to prayers, that God would direct their choice) pondering upon the different proposals, as if she would make me believe, she has a mind for some other?

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 130,^[2]

     But if these suspicions were really his, he sagaciously refrained from verbally expressing them, however his actions might seem to hint them.

   • 1876, Lewis Carroll, The Hunting of the Snark, London: Macmillan, Fit 4, pp. 43-44,^[3]

     “Introduce me, now there’s a good fellow,” he said,

     “If we happen to meet it together!”

     And the Bellman, sagaciously nodding his head,

     Said “That must depend on the weather.”

   • 1926, “Flame but no Fire,” Time, 8 November, 1926,^[4]

     At present Joseph Stalin, astute, sagaciously “conservative,” has seen fit to squelch such activities.

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