discerning(adjective) having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a discerning critic"; "a discerning reader"
(adjective satellite) able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive; "discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"
(adjective satellite) quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
(adjective satellite) unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence"
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