shrewdly
In a shrewd mannerIn a shrewd manner.
» It surprised everyone except Mary, who had shrewdly foreseen it.
Das überraschte alle bis auf Maria, die es klug vorhergesehen hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
1 sentencesIt surprised everyone except Mary, who had shrewdly foreseen it.
deDas überraschte alle bis auf Maria, die es klug vorhergesehen hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 sensesIn a shrewd manner.
geschickt
in a shrewd manner
Origin
Inherited from Middle English schrewedly (“wickedly, harshly”). By surface analysis, shrewInherited from Middle English schrewedly (“wickedly, harshly”). By surface analysis, shrewd + -ly.
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Forms
more shrewdly, most shrewdly| Comparative | more shrewdly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most shrewdly |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonyms- in a shrewd manner:astutelysagaciouslysapientlyacutely
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.