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insightful

[ in-sahyt-fuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1905–10; insight + -ful

His theories and interpretations are often astonishingly insightful.

Certain sentences and paragraphs capture a self-awareness that is more insightful than obnoxious or narcissistic.

Overall, The Judge wants to be insightful and funny and sad, but it instead ends up being clichéd and redundant.

His novel The Last Magazine, published posthumously this month, is just like him: blistering, fun, insightful, and profane.

We had a very insightful email conversation about what 9/11 meant to her, to me, and to the world, in general.

As if she had been guilty of thoughts too insightful, Mrs. Pendyce blushed.

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