Definitions for shrewd
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. astute, sharp, shrewdadjective

   marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

   "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

2. calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewdadjective

   used of persons

   "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

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1. shrewdadjective

   showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

2. shrewdadjective

   artful, tricky or cunning

3. shrewdadjective

   streetwise

4. shrewdadjective

   knowledgeable

5. Etymology: From shrewe. See shrew

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Shrewdadjective

   Etymology: Contracted from shrewed.

   1. Having the qualities of a shrew; malicious; troublesome; mischievous.

   Her eldest sister is so curst and shrewd,
   That ’till the father rids his hands of her,
   Your love must live a maid. William Shakespeare.

   2. Maliciously sly; cunning; more artful than good.

   It was a shrewd saying of the old monk, that two kind of prisons would serve for all offenders, an inquisition and a bedlam: if any man should deny the being of a God, and the immortality of the soul, such a one should be put into the first, as being a desperate heretick; but if any man should profess to believe these things, and yet allow himself in any known wickedness, such a one should be put into bedlam. John Tillotson.

   A spiteful saying gratifies so many little passions, that it meets with a good reception; and the man who utters it is looked upon as a shrewd satirist. Addison.

   Corruption proceeds from employing those who have the character of shrewd worldly men, instead of such as have had a liberal education, and trained up in virtue. Addison.

   3. Bad; ill-betokening.

   Scarce any man passes to a liking of sin in others, but by first practising it himself; and consequently we may take it for a shrewd indication, and sign, whereby to judge of those who have sinned with too much caution, to suffer the world to charge sins directly upon their conversation. Robert South, Serm.

   4. Painful; pinching; dangerous; mischievous.

   Every of this number,
   That have endur’d shrewd nights and days with us,
   Shall share the good of our returned fortune. William Shakespeare.

   When a man thinks he has a servant, he finds a traitor that eats his bread, and is readier to do him a mischief, and a shrewd turn, than an open adversary. Robert South, Sermons.

   No enemy is so despicable but he may do a body a shrewd turn. Roger L'Estrange.

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1. shrewd

   Shrewd generally refers to having or showing sharp powers of judgment; being astute or clever. It involves keen awareness, understanding, and insight, often particularly in practical matters or decisions. It's often associated with sharpness in business or strategic matters.

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1. Shrewd

   inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish

2. Shrewd

   artful; wily; cunning; arch

3. Shrewd

   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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of shrewd in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of shrewd in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of shrewd in a Sentence

1. Arndt Ellinghorst:

   Marchionne is a shrewd operator and rightly investors have been asking what was the purpose of yesterday's presentation, the answer is very simple; he is looking to force a marriage for FCA.

2. Starwood Chief Executive Thomas Mangas:

   They moved mountains to persuade our board. They moved quickly and were incredibly shrewd in how they worked with us to get a deal done quickly.

3. Lewis Mumford:

   The cycle of the machine is now coming to an end. Man has learned much in the hard discipline and the shrewd, unflinching grasp of practical possibilities that the machine has provided in the last three centuries: but we can no more continue to live in the world of the machine than we could live successfully on the barren surface of the moon.

4. John Kenneth Galbraith:

   When people put their ballots in the boxes, they are, by that act, inoculated against the feeling that the government is not theirs. They then accept, in some measure, that its errors are their errors, its aberrations their aberrations, that any revolt will be against them. It's a remarkably shrewd and rather conservative arrangement when one thinks of it.

5. Charles Cooley:

   A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=shrewd
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Shrewd
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=shrewd
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrewd