shrewd

Words with a similar base: shrewd

'shrewd'

[astute.s.01] as in: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

Examples:
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

'shrewd'

[calculating.s.01] as in: used of persons

Examples:
the most calculating and selfish men in the community

Origins

					shrewd (English)
└── shrewe (Middle English (1100-1500))

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