sa*ga"cious*ly
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Sagacious \Sa*ga"cious\, a. [L. sagax, sagacis, akin to sagire to perceive quickly or keenly, and probably to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Presage.]
1.Of quick sense perceptions; keen-scented; skilled in following a trail. [1913 Webster]
Sagacious of his quarry from so far.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
2.Hence, of quick intellectual perceptions; of keen penetration and judgment; discerning and judicious; knowing; far-sighted; shrewd; sage; wise; as, a sagacious man; a sagacious remark. [1913 Webster]
Instinct . . . makes them, many times, sagacious above our apprehension.— Dr. H. More.[1913 Webster]
Only sagacious heads light on these observations, and reduce them into general propositions.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Syn: See Shrewd. [1913 Webster] -- Sa*ga"cious*ly, adv. -- Sa*ga"cious*ness, n. [1913 Webster]