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Definition of: shrewd
(shrd) adjective
1. Having keen insight; sharp; sagacious.
2. Artful; sly.
3. Obs. Keen or sharp; biting.
4. Obs. Shrewish; also, vexatious, vicious; dangerous. See synonyms under ACUTE, ASTUTE, INTELLIGENT, KNOWING, POLITIC, SAGACIOUS. [ME shrewed, pp. of schrewen curse <shrew malicious person]
—shrewd′ly adverb
—shrewd′ness noun
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