"astuteness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-astuteness.wav Forms: astutenesses [plural]
Etymology: From astute + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|astute|ness}} astute + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} astuteness (usually uncountable, plural astutenesses)
  1. The quality of being astute. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (quality of being astute, also cleverness): دَهَاء (dahāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), azerikeria (Basque), astùtzia (Campidanese Sardinian), mágna (Campidanese Sardinian), reflescia (Campidanese Sardinian), rusa (Campidanese Sardinian), trassa (Campidanese Sardinian), astúcia [feminine] (Catalan), 精明 (jīngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), prozíravost [feminine] (Czech), mazanost [feminine] (Czech), prohnanost [feminine] (Czech), neuvokkuus (Finnish), perspicacité [feminine] (French), sagacité [feminine] (French), maltaria (Gallurese), Gerissenheit [feminine] (German), Scharfsinn [masculine] (German), Scharsinnigkeit [feminine] (German), amhainse [feminine, literary] (Irish), astuzia [feminine] (Italian), scaltrezza [feminine] (Italian), astúcia [feminine] (Portuguese), проница́тельность (pronicátelʹnostʹ) (english: discernment, insight) [feminine] (Russian), кова́рство (kovárstvo) [neuter] (Russian), istucia [Logudorese] (Sardinian), astùtzia [Logudorese] (Sardinian), astùtzia (Sassarese), astucia [feminine] (Spanish), sagacidad [feminine] (Spanish), letra menuda (Spanish), açıkgözlük (Turkish), kurnazlık (Turkish), zekilik (Turkish)

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      "sense": "quality of being astute, also cleverness",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality of being astute, also cleverness",
      "word": "zekilik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "astuteness"
}

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