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поня́тливый — meaning in English

ponyatlivyy

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English meaning

  • apprehensive adj Nervous or worried about something that might happen.
  • apt adj Suitable or fitting for the situation.
  • docile adj Easy to control, teach, or manage; gentle and compliant.
  • intelligent adj Having or showing a strong ability to learn, reason, and understand.
  • smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.

Senses

поня́тливый is used for these senses in English:

  • apprehensive (obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
  • apt Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
  • docile Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
  • intelligent Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
  • quickwitted Mentally keen and alert.

apt — full definition

  1. adj Suitable or fitting for the situation.
  2. adj Likely to do something; having a tendency to.
  3. adj Quick to learn; naturally skilled.

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