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insightful

[ in-sahyt-fuh l ]

/ ˈɪnˌsaɪt fəl /

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adjective

characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.

Origin of insightful

First recorded in 1905–10; insight + -ful

OTHER WORDS FROM insightful

in·sight·ful·ly, adverb in·sight·ful·ness, noun

Words nearby insightful

insider, insider dealing, insider trading, insidious, insight, insightful, insigne, insignia, insignificance, insignificancy, insignificant

Example sentences from the Web for insightful

Overall, The Judge wants to be insightful and funny and sad, but it instead ends up being clichéd and redundant.

Robert Downey Jr. Just Made the Year’s Sappiest Flick |Alex Suskind |September 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
His novel The Last Magazine, published posthumously this month, is just like him: blistering, fun, insightful, and profane.

Michael Hastings' Hunger for Life |Jack Gray |June 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
But it is a fine, insightful, and often quite challenging version of that myth.

‘Noah’: The Bible vs. the Blockbuster |Joel Baden |March 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The comments section filled with many angry, often insightful responses, some of which Frazier responded to personally.

We Got It Wrong |The Daily Beast |August 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

The most insightful contribution Bordo makes to our understanding of bodily Anne is in a passage discussing her death.

Why Does Anne Boleyn Obsess Us? |Lauren Elkin |April 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
As if she had been guilty of thoughts too insightful, Mrs. Pendyce blushed.

The Country House |John Galsworthy