[
US
/ˈʃɹud/
]
[ UK /ʃɹˈuːd/ ]
[ UK /ʃɹˈuːd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
a smart businessman
he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease -
acting with a specific goal
the most calculating and selfish men in the community
How To Use shrewd In A Sentence
- He chased the unmigratory tropi-ducks from their shrewd-hidden nests, walked circumspectly among the crocodiles hauled out of water for slumber, and crept under the jungle-roof and spied upon the snow-white saucy cockatoos, the fierce ospreys, the heavy-flighted buzzards, the lories and kingfishers, and the absurdly garrulous little pygmy parrots. CHAPTER XV
- These malignant Las Vegas showgirl lookalikes are holding Earth hostage, controlling the monsters with shrewdly hidden remote devices.
- For them there was no shelter from the cold, no shrewd crawling to leeward in snug nooks. THE SCORN OF WOMEN
- General manager Danny Ferry made a shrewd move in signing the 32-year-old power forward.
- He also looks a shrewd investment. The Sun
- It is not merely that she is eloquent and articulate; she is also unusually shrewd and intelligent.
- Don't bet against it as this Donegal team have the basis upon which a shrewd operator like Brian can build.
- But he appears to have made another shrewd move. Times, Sunday Times
- Malcolm is a shrewd and realistic businessman.
- While his shrewdness commands respect, it also inspires fear.