shrewd
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
shrewd (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)
- Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
- Artful, tricky or cunning.
- (informal) Streetwise.
- Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
- Nigh accurate.
- a shrewd guess
- Severe, intense, hard.
- a shrewd blow, or assault
- Sharp, snithy, piercing.
- a shrewd wind
- (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- smallcaps Portia:
- There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,
- That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek:
- Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world
- Could turn so much the constitution
- Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]
- 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:
- (obsolete) Portending, boding.
- (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
- (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
- (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
- smallcaps Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:
- French: perspicace, sagace
- German: klug, clever, gewitzt
- Italian: perspicace, sagace
- Portuguese: perspicaz, sagaz
- Russian: практи́чный
- Spanish: perspicaz
- French: habile, roublard, futé, rusé
- German: schlau, listig, raffiniert
- Italian: scaltro, astuto
- Portuguese: sagaz
- Russian: хи́трый
- Spanish: astuto
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