"perspicaciously" meaning in English

See perspicaciously in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

Forms: more perspicaciously [comparative], most perspicaciously [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English perspicacious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perspicaciously From perspicacious + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|perspicacious|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English perspicacious Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English perspicaciously [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "like", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*leyg-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*līką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkê", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līkē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "status" : { "1" : "gem-pro", "2" : ":der", "3" : "*līką", "id" : "-like" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-līkaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-līk", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" }, { "id" : "adverbial", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ā", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ê", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-e", "lang" : "ang" } ], "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "afeq", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-līċe", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "perspicaciously", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="perspicaciously"> From perspicacious + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} perspicaciously (comparative more perspicaciously, superlative most perspicaciously)
  1. With the power of seeing or understanding clearly; quick-sightedly; with sharp of sight. Translations (with sharp of sight): perspicaçment (Catalan), 颖悟 (yingwu) (Chinese Mandarin), perspicacement (French), scharfsinnig (German), perspicacemente (Italian), 明敏に (meibin ni) (Japanese), 이해가 빠르게 (ihaega ppareuge) (Korean), perspicaciter (Latin), perspicazmente (Portuguese), perspicazmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-perspicaciously-en-adv-zqJZ1Zvf Disambiguation of 'with sharp of sight': 97 3
  2. (figurative) With acute discernment; keenly; with mental perception. Tags: figuratively
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: conspicuous, perspective, perspicacious, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, perspicuity, perspicuous, perspicuously, perspicuousness
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "perspicaciously (comparative more perspicaciously, superlative most perspicaciously)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "conspicuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspective"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicacious"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicaciousness"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicacity"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuity"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuous"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuously"
    },
    {
      "word": "perspicuousness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "With the power of seeing or understanding clearly; quick-sightedly; with sharp of sight."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "With acute discernment; keenly; with mental perception."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) With acute discernment; keenly; with mental perception."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicaçment"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "yingwu",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "颖悟"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicacement"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "scharfsinnig"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicacemente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "meibin ni",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "明敏に"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "ihaega ppareuge",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "이해가 빠르게"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicaciter"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicazmente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "with sharp of sight",
      "word": "perspicazmente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "perspicaciously"
}

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