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astuteness noun intelligence, knowledge, insight, cunning, penetration, subtlety, brightness, sharpness, acumen, cleverness, keenness, shrewdness, discernment, sagacity, perceptiveness, canniness, adroitness, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, wiliness, foxiness With characteristic astuteness, he spoke separately to all involved. Translations astuteness n → Schlauheit f; (of remark also) → Scharfsinnigkeit f; (of businessman also) → Cleverness f (inf); (of child) → Aufgewecktheit f; (of mind) → Schärfe f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This end, conceived in the astuteness of her uneasy heart, the old woman had pursued with secrecy and determination. From this a general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power. The proud merely wished to be left alone, but the majority looked upon the well-to-do as people to be exploited; they knew what to say in order to get such advantages as the charitable put at their disposal, and they accepted benefits as a right which came to them from the folly of their superiors and their own astuteness. |
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