Adjective
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Source: Webster's dictionaryTo unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind. George Boole
There's nothing more embarrassing than to have earned the disfavor of a perceptive animal. Michael Chabon
I was a really nervous kid. I was extremely sensitive. Incredibly perceptive. Ryan Reynolds
The only true development in American recreational resources is the development of the perceptive faculty in Americans. All of the other acts we grace by that name are, at best, attempts to retard or mask the process of dilution. Aldo Leopold
There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit. Ansel Adams
The more you realize that most judgements are greatly influenced by random, extraneous factors-that most people judging you are more like a fickle novel buyer than a wise and perceptive magistrate-the more you realize you can do things to influence the outcome. Paul Graham