shrewdness
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shrewdness
- /ˈʃɹuːdnəs/
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Inherited from Middle English schrewednesse. By surface analysis, shrewd + -ness.
noun shrewdnesses
- The quality of being shrewd. A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the mi
- A group of apes. Larry was dragged off by a shrewdness of apes (a group of apes is called a shrewdness)
Talk about this word "shrewdness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shrewdness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shrewdness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shrewdness "shrewdness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shrewdness.Cite this
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