insightfully
- adverb
- /ˈɪnˌsaɪt.fəl.i/
- In sum, as Mike Messner has insightfully pointed out, female athletes and media representations of their body became and remain contested terrain.
- insightfully analyzes
- insightfully observes
- insightfully notes
In sum, as Mike Messner has insightfully pointed out, female athletes and media representations of their body became and remain contested terrain.
- In sum, as Mike Messner has insightfully pointed out, female athletes and media representations of their body became and remain contested terrain.
Examples
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During the discussion, the speaker insightfully highlighted the implications of climate change.
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The author insightfully critiques societal norms in her latest novel.
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Proactive institutions have developed master plans and insightfully allocated resources for the construction of recreation facilities and for the professional growth of their staff.
Academic text (2004) -
Berlin sometimes focused quite insightfully on the conceptual obstacles.
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I don't know anyone, anywhere, who is writing more insightfully about motherhood and feminism.
Blog text (15) -
Schneider insightfully analyzes policymaking but still points to the state as the key decision maker.
Academic text (1997) -
Rosenthal (in press) described thoroughly and insightfully some appropriate counseling approaches.
Academic text (1992) -
Lastly, Joan Bechtel, a quarter of a century ago, insightfully explained that "the availability of information far outstrips most people's capacity to digest it."
Academic text (2011) -
The Iranian constitutionalists' solution in integrating state law and the sharia, carefully detailed and insightfully analyzed by Enayat, is an achievement well worth noting by students of comparative constitutionalism.
Academic text (2014) -
He wrote insightfully about the complexities of human relationships in his article.
Synonyms
To act with good sense and careful thought
In a smart way that shows good sense
In a very careful way that notices small details
In a wise and thoughtful way
In a clever, careful way that shows good sense
In a way that shows strong understanding of a subject
In a way that shows clear, careful understanding of people or situations
In a clear, direct way that shows good understanding
In a way that shows deep understanding and finds hidden meaning
In a way that shows deep, clear understanding of something
In a way that shows clear and deep understanding
Saying or writing in a strong, clear way that shows problems
In a way that shows good judgment when choosing people or things
In a way that makes ideas clear and easy to understand
Antonyms
How Insightful
Surface Forms
Morphology
insightfully = insightful (transparent) = insight + ful + ly
The adverb is transparently formed from the adjective 'insightful' plus the productive adverbial suffix '-ly'.
Etymology
Insightfully comes from in- 'into' and sight 'seeing', so it is like 'seeing into' something. With -ful 'full of' and -ly 'in a way', insightfully means 'in a way that is full of understanding'.