insightful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- insightfully adverb
- insightfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of insightful
Example Sentences
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Ken Kwapis, a TV veteran and director of “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” making his first documentary, creates an insightful, empathetic portrait of their unlikely trajectory to cult acclaim.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
Published in 1860, the book follows a quartet of bohemians in Rome, two European and two American, and stands as an insightful study of our national character.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026
Bahuguna says the additional personnel brought insightful ways of reviewing companies, such as evaluating a company’s network effect.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
Given how many Premier League teams now look to defend City in a way that mirrors how Tunisia played on that day, the rest of his words become even more insightful.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Dell was now in his mid-thirties, and while he wasn't insightful or even thoughtful, he knew that this counseling job in Bakersfield would make or break him.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
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