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Definition of Shrewd |
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Shrewd
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. Artful; wily; cunning; arch. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply. Related Definitions: Able, Arch, Artful, As, Astute, Business, Clever, Cunning, Curse, Design, Disposing, Evil, Hence, In, Inclining, Keen, Malicious, Mischievous, Observer, Or, Practical, Reply, Rough, Sagacious, Scold, Sharp, Sharp-Witted, Shrew, Shrewd, Shrewish, To, Unfair, Vexatious, Vicious, Wicked, Wily |
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Shrewd Quotations
Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant. Ralph Waldo Emerson Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. Marcus Tullius Cicero We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say. Dan Quayle A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius. Charles Horton Cooley What I'm saying is that there are bargains right now, there are stocks right now that if you're shrewd enough, you will be able to buy them at the opening today and I you'll make money in a year from now. Jim Cramer If you want to stay in the business then you've got to be a bit shrewd, haven't you? Katie Price The shrewd guess, the fertile hypothesis, the courageous leap to a tentative conclusion - these are the most valuable coins of the thinker at work. But in most schools guessing is heavily penalized and is associated somehow with laziness. Jerome Bruner It's taken us 10 years, and it was constant excitement. I was constantly shocked by how evil he could be. Mao was very, very shrewd but he didn't have human feeling. Jung Chang They made a shrewd guess that I could give them some useful information, and they were the first to meet me. Some one said they came to arrest me, and - well, let it go at that. Joshua Slocum Doyle stokes in a thousand shrewd touches with no effort at all. Wonderful. Rex Stout |
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Shrewd Translations
shrewd in Dutch is sluw shrewd in German is schlau, scharfsinnig shrewd in Spanish is sutil shrewd in Swedish is slug, smart, klipsk |
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