discerning

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of discern

adj

1. Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.

   “The discerning customer will appreciate our new range of quality clothing.”

   “Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, […]”

noun

1. discernment

   “Either his notion weakens, his discernings / Are lethargied”