astute russian

• просёкший

  astute, shrewd, having realized, having understood

• смекающий

  quick-witted, sharp, astute, savvy

• смека́вший

  quick-witted, astute, discerning

• навострённый

  sharpened, whetted, honed

  pricked up (ears), alert, attentive

  sharp (mind), cunning, shrewd, astute

• то́нко

  thinly, in thin slices

  finely, delicately, elegantly

  subtly, perceptively, astutely

Examples

• Том был проница́тельным бизнесме́ном, заработавшим много де́нег.

  Tom was an astute businessman who made a lot of money.

• Смекающий работник сразу нашёл выход из положения.

  The astute employee immediately found a way out of the situation.