insightful

adjective

in·sight·ful | \ ˈin-ˌsīt-fəl

, in-ˈsīt-

Definition of insightful

: exhibiting or characterized by insight insightful criticism

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Examples of insightful in a Sentence

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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An insightful article this month by Joanna Weiss in Politico magazine details how talk-show hosts have traded cleverness and wit for outrage and anger. — Gary Abernathy, The Denver Post, "Commentary: Good journalism is gasping for air," 24 June 2019 The result is a collection of diagnoses that are insightful and useful, whether or not one agrees with his ultimate conclusions. — Adam Tooze, The New York Review of Books, "Democracy and Its Discontents," 6 June 2019 Yerma’’ is a slender but insightful work that examines the limitations on the lives of women and the consequences that can flow from those limitations. — BostonGlobe.com, "The Ticket: What’s happening in the local arts world," 21 June 2019 David Blackburn, always good, turns in a remarkably insightful character part as Eugene Florczyk. — Joanne Engelhardt, The Mercury News, "Theater review: ‘Grease’ is the word at the Fox Theatre," 13 June 2019 Rashi offers a most insightful answer to this question. — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, "Limitation can be a conduit to freedom," 12 June 2019 Biden’s recollections of his involvement in Central American affairs are no more forthright, and no more insightful. — Andrew Cockburn, Harper's magazine, "No Joe!," 10 June 2019 As the headliner of a panel on Bears history, her perspective was unique and insightful. — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, "'Like a happy dream that just keeps going on': Virginia McCaskey gets emotional at Bears100 Celebration," 9 June 2019 The case studies of these seven very different nations and their very different crises offer a tour of these societies, guided by an insightful 81-year-old Sherpa who combines the talents of a polymath, a fluid writer and a master storyteller. — Moisés Naím, Washington Post, "Psychotherapy can solve personal problems — why not national crises?," 7 June 2019

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