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Grandmother recently passed, I'm having a hard time with adjectives

Edit: She was incredibly smart, witty and quick with words. She was a wiz at puzzles, games and cards. She could remember long passages of books. I just can't seem to find the right adjectives to describe her.

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If your grandmother had keen mental perception and understanding of those things you mentioned, I would say your granny was "perspicacious"

  • perspicacious - (adjective) "having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious"

e.g.

  • "She was much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument."

  • "The perspicacious plumber quickly detected the leakage."

  • "Although my mom was a perspicacious woman, she was not able to understand why my brother had lied.

  • perspicacity (noun) "the ability to understand things quickly and make accurate judgments"

    "Grandma was a woman of exceptional perspicacity."

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