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