shrewdly
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shrewdly
- /ˈʃɹuːdliː/
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English schrewedly (“wickedly, harshly”). By surface analysis, shrewd + -ly.
adverb more shrewdly · most shrewdly
- In a shrewd manner. Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn,
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adv in a shrewd manner
| Español | astutamente, con perspicacia |
|---|---|
| Português | astutamente |
| Français | astucieusement, avec perspicacité |
| Deutsch | geschickt |
| Italiano | scaltramente, astutamente |
Talk about this word "shrewdly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shrewdly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shrewdly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shrewdly "shrewdly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shrewdly.Cite this
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