1. He had the wild, immediate perceptiveness of a child. 2. For all her seeming inanity, Trixie muddles through with perseverance and perceptiveness . 3. An occasional playwright, he had a certain perceptiveness when it came to creating dialogue. 4. It also represents a high attainment in scholarship, in historical writing and in moral perceptiveness . 5. Wise people are often described as having finely developed skills in logic, reason and perceptiveness . 6. He was noted for his courage and perceptiveness in battle and keen sense of military tactics. 7. _Wise people are often described as having finely developed skills in logic, reason and perceptiveness . 8. Despite her perceptiveness , however, she occasionally writes in a gallingly detached way of her tumultuous time. 9. Reality is built on our prejudices, misconceptions and ignorance as well as on our perceptiveness and knowledge. 10. This may have sent a shiver of mortality into the baseball owners, not otherwise known for their perceptiveness .