Shrewd
[ʃruːd] or [ʃrud]
Definition
(superl.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
(superl.) Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
(superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Artful, cunning, sly, wily, subtle, crafty, arch, astute, Machiavelian.[2]. Sagacious, acute, sharp, quick, keen, ingenious, discerning, intelligent, deep, profound.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sagacious, penetrating, astute, discriminating, intelligent, discerning, acute
ANT:Stolid, undiscerning, unsagacious, stupid, dull
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Examples
- The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A good deal of it is true as gospel, and shrewd besides. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then our comrade, always a shrewd businessman, offered to take the whole cargo at thirty days, but that little financial scheme was a failure. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He was a shrewd man, and therefore, when he withdrew from that trade in 1767, it is probable that he foresaw that he was on the track of something better. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Johnson, who was Edison's shrewd recruiting sergeant in those days: I resigned sooner than Johnson expected, and he had me on his hands. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A small body of very shrewd men was growing immensely rich. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Somewhat akin to this is a shrewd comment on one feature of the Exposition: I spent several days in the Exposition at Paris. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There was much sense in your smile: it was very shrewd, and seemed to make light of your own abstraction. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Taking advantage of the inflated market, many of our shrewdest operators are selling short. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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