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  Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. Shrewder; superl. Shrewdest.]
     [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
     1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,
        vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;
        rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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              [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the
              great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass
              by.                                   --Sir J.
                                                    Mandeville.
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              Every of this happy number
              That have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
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              These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
                                                    --Shak.
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     3. 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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              Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind
              creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
                                                    --Secker.
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     Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;
          discerning; acute; penetrating.
  
     Usage: Shrewd, Sagacious. One who is shrewd is keen to
            detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and
            guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a
            word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a
            comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas
            shrewd does not.
            [1913 Webster] -- Shrewd"ly, adv. -- Shrewd"ness,
            n.
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  Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. Shrewder; superl. Shrewdest.]
     [Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
     1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,
        vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;
        rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
              [Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the
              great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass
              by.                                   --Sir J.
                                                    Mandeville.
  
              Every of this happy number That have endured shrewd
              days and nights with us.              --Shak.
  
     2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
  
              These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business;
        astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd
        observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
  
              Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind
              creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
                                                    --Secker.
  
     Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;
          discerning; acute; penetrating.
  
     Usage: Shrewd, Sagacious. One who is shrewd is keen to
            detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and
            guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a
            word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a
            comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas
            shrewd does not. -- Shrewd"ly, adv. --
            Shrewd"ness, n.

  shrewd
       adj 1: 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" [syn: astute, sharp]
       2: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in
          the community" [syn: calculating, calculative, conniving,
           scheming]

  shrewd
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 οξυδερκής, οξύνους
     2 πανούργος

  shrewd
     a.
     1 Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
     2 artful, tricky or cunning.
     3 (lb en informal) streetwise, street-smart.
     4 knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

  shrewd
     a.
     1 Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
     2 artful, tricky or cunning.
     3 (lb en informal) streetwise, street-smart.
     4 knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

  shrewd
     a.
     1 Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
     2 artful, tricky or cunning.
     3 (lb en informal) streetwise, street-smart.
     4 knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

  shrewd
     a.
     1 Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
     2 artful, tricky or cunning.
     3 (lb en informal) streetwise, street-smart.
     4 knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.

  shrewd
     Englanti a.
     1 terävä, terävä-älyinen, tarkkanäköinen, arvostelukykyinen, fiksu
     2 ovela, neuvokas; katuviisas
     3 (vanha) (säästä) pureva

  shrewd
     Engelska a.
     klok, finurlig, skarpsinnig

  Shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  فطن

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  1. отракан, хитър
  artful, tricky or cunning
  2. ловък
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/ 
  bystrý

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/ 
  mazaný

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/ 
  inteligentní

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  gewieft, gewitzt, schlau, klug, clever, smart  [ugs.]
        "a shrewd lawyer"  - ein gewiefter Anwalt
     Synonym: canny
  

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/ 
  scharfsinnig 

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  
  καπάτσος, πανέξυπνος, έξυπνος, τετραπέρατος

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  1. neuvokas, nokkela, ovela
  artful, tricky or cunning
  2. fiksu, kekseliäs, kätevä, neuvokas
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
  3. katuviisas, neuvokas
  streetwise

  shrewd /ʃruːd/
  avisé, sagace

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/ 
  1. समझदार
        "Manthra was a shrewd lady."

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  mudar, oštar, oštrouman, prepreden, prodoran, pronicav, pronicljiv, razborit, zloban

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  1. erôs
  2. pörlekedô
  3. csintalan
  4. agyafúrt
  5. maró
  6. fondorlatos
  7. okos
  8. éles elméjû
  9. metszô
  10. csípôs
  11. éles
  12. házsártos
  13. zsémbes
  14. eszes
  15. jó szimatú
  16. rosszhiszemû
  17. ravasz
  18. gonosz
  19. tisztán látó
  20. kemény
  21. alattomos
  22. éles eszû
  23. pajkos

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  lihai 2.
  artful, tricky or cunning
   3.
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
   4.
  streetwise

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  1. 抜け目, 狡猾
  artful, tricky or cunning
  2. 賢い, 賢明
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

  shrewd /ʃruːd/
  1. sluw
  2. pienter, scherpzinnig, schrander, snugger, spits, vernuftig

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  skarpsindig
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

  shrewd /ʃru:d/ 
    przenikliwy, domyślny

  shrewd /ʃruːd/
  sagaz, astuto

  shrewd //ʃɹuːd// 
  1. slug, fiffig, finurlig, listig
  artful, tricky or cunning
  2. klok
  showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

  shrewd /ʃɹˈuːd/
  1. akıllı, anlayışlı, dirayetli
  2. kurnaz, açıkgöz
  3. zeki, keskin. shrewdly  kurnazca. shrewdness  kurnazlık, açık gözlük.

  
/ˈʃɹud/

  95 Moby Thesaurus words for "shrewd":
     Byzantine, Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute,
     all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, apprehending,
     apprehensive, arch, artful, astute, aware, cagey, calculated,
     calculating, canny, clever, cognizant, comprehending, conscious,
     crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing,
     devious, diplomatic, discerning, farsighted, feline, foresighted,
     foxy, guileful, heady, ingenious, insidious, insightful,
     intelligent, inventive, judicious, keen, knowing, knowledgeable,
     manipulative, mindful, omniscient, pawky, penetrating, perceptive,
     percipient, perspicacious, piercing, polite, politic, prehensile,
     probing, prudent, quick-witted, ready, resourceful, sagacious,
     sage, savvy, scheming, sensible, serpentine, sharp, shifty, slick,
     slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy,
     strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, tidy, trickish,
     tricksy, tricky, understanding, vulpine, wary, wily, wise
  
  

  a. 精明的,锐利的,卑鄙的;

     a. 精明的,锐利的,剧烈的,机灵的,厉害的