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discerning

Dictionary definition · discerning

adjective

  1. having or revealing keen insight and good judgment"a discerning critic"
  2. unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic"a discerning editor"
  3. quick to understand"a kind and apprehensive friend"
  4. able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive"discerning taste"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).