insightful
adjective
in·sight·ful
ˈin-ˌsīt-fəl 
in-ˈsīt-
in-ˈsīt-
: exhibiting or characterized by insight
insightful criticism
insightfully
adverb
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Her analysis of the problem was very insightful.
a critical study featuring an insightful analysis of the novelist's recurring themes
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The second generation of these types of studies will perhaps be more insightful than the first.
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The 350-page autobiography is told through remembered moments, insightful observations and dozens of his most beloved newspaper columns written during his more than three decades on the job at the newspaper at 520 W. Broadway.
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Sol is insightful, magnetic, and an all-around inspiring person.
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The accompanying booklet includes the original liner notes by jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern and an insightful new essay by the award-winning Davis author Ashley Kahn.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The 350-page autobiography is told through remembered moments, insightful observations and dozens of his most beloved newspaper columns written during his more than three decades on the job at the newspaper at 520 W. Broadway.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2024
Sol is insightful, magnetic, and an all-around inspiring person.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The accompanying booklet includes the original liner notes by jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern and an insightful new essay by the award-winning Davis author Ashley Kahn.
—George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
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insightful
adjective
in·sight·ful
ˈin-ˌsīt-fəl
in-ˈ
in-ˈ
: exhibiting or characterized by insight
insightful behavior
insightfully
adverb
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