Associations to the word «Astute»

Wiktionary

ASTUTE, adjective. Quickly and critically discerning
ASTUTE, adjective. Shrewd or crafty

Dictionary definition

ASTUTE, adjective. Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King