approval If you describe a person or their remarks or thoughts as perceptive, you think that they are good at noticing or realizing things, especially things that are not obvious. He was one of the most perceptive US political commentators. + perceptively per·cep·tive·ly The stages in her love affair with Harry are perceptively written. someone who is perceptive notices things quickly and understands situations, people's feelings etc well - used to show approval
having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment; "a perceptive eye"; "a perceptive observation" of or relating to perception; "perceptive faculties