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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shrewd/ʃruːd/
▶adjective
- 1 having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute.
- 2 archaic (of weather) piercingly cold.
■ (of a blow) severe.
■ mischievous; malicious.
– derivatives
shrewdly adverb,
shrewdness noun.
shrewdly adverb,
shrewdness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘evil in nature or character’): from shrew in the sense ‘evil person or thing’, or as the past part. of obs. shrew ‘to curse’.
'shrewd' also found in these Oxford entries:
acute
- argute
- canny
- clear-eyed
- cute
- downy
- far-seeing
- fool
- gumption
- horse-trading
- knowing
- savvy
- shrew
- suss
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