shrewd

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adjective

Comparative

shrewdershrewdest

Superlative

shrewde

1.
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
2.
Artful, tricky or cunning.
3.
(informal)streetwise, street-smart.
4.
Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
5.
Nigh accurate.
a shrewd guess
6.
Severe, intense, hard.
a shrewd blow, or assault
7.
Sharp, snithy, piercing.
a shrewd wind
8.
(archaic)Bad, evil, threatening.
9.
(obsolete)Portending, boding.
10.
(archaic)Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
11.
(obsolete)Abusive, shrewish.
12.
(archaic)Scolding, satirical, sharp.

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From Middle English schrewed (depraved; wicked), from schrewen (to curse; beshrew), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (evil or wicked person/thing), from Old English sċrēawa (wicked person). Equivalent to shrew + -ed. More at shrew.