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shrewdly |
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shrewdly adverb astutely, perceptively, cleverly, knowingly, artfully, cannily, with consummate skill, sagaciously, far-sightedly, perspicaciously, with all your wits about you 'I don't see you offering to help', he observed shrewdly. Translations shrewdly [ˈʃruːdlɪ] ADV [say, ask, point out] → sagazmente; [reason] → con perspicacia, con sagacidad; [act] → hábilmente, con astucia; [invest] → inteligentemente she had shrewdly guessed the reason for his absence → había adivinado astutamente la razón de su ausencia, se había dado cuenta hábilmente de la razón de su ausencia shrewdly adv → geschickt, clever (inf); look → wissend; observe → klug; he shrewdly realized that … → schlauerweise erkannte er, dass …; he shrewdly guessed that/what … → er hat gut geraten, dass/was …; shrewdly, he decided … → gewitzt or clever (inf) → wie er ist, hat er beschlossen …; … he said shrewdly → … sagte er schlau or clever (inf) shrewdly [ˈʃruːdlɪ] adv (act) → con accortezza; (reason) → con perspicacia to look at sb shrewdly → lanciare uno sguardo astuto a qn shrewdly [ˈʃruːdlɪ] adv (act) → con accortezza; (reason) → con perspicacia to look at sb shrewdly → lanciare uno sguardo astuto a qn 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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| She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress. The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general. His only proof of intellect was in shrewdly avoiding all labor, and availing himself of the toil of others. |
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