adjective · rare

shrewd

shrewd · shrewder · shrewdest

гострий, різкий, точний

хитрый, практичный, проницательный, умелый

klug, clever, schlau, raffiniert

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical mattersShowing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

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/ʃɹuːd/

» Tom is a very shrewd businessman.

Tom ist ein sehr gerissener Geschäftsmann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

12 senses

Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
klug, clever, gewitzt
практи́чныйpraktíčnyj, расчётливыйrasčótlivyj, проница́тельныйpronicátelʹnyj
Artful, tricky or cunning.
schlau, listig, raffiniert
хи́трыйxítryj, нахо́дчивыйnaxódčivyj, уме́лыйumélyj
(informal)Streetwise, street-smart.
pfiffig, gewieft, gerissen
зна́ющийznájuščij
Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
Nigh accurate.
a shrewd guess
Severe, intense, hard.
a shrewd blow, or assault
Sharp, snithy, piercing.
a shrewd wind
(archaic)Bad, evil, threatening.
(obsolete)Portending, boding.
(archaic)Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
(obsolete)Abusive, shrewish.
(archaic)Scolding, satirical, sharp.

More definitions

marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
acting with a specific goal

Examples

23 sentences

Tom is a very shrewd businessman.
deTom ist ein sehr gerissener Geschäftsmann. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I know Tom is a shrewd businessman.
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Tom is a shrewd businessman, isn't he?
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I know that Tom is a shrewd businessman.
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I know Tom is a very shrewd businessman.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters:

artful, tricky or cunning:

streetwise:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters:

artful, tricky or cunning:

streetwise:

Origin

From Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“t

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

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