shrewdly

shrewd  (shrd)

adj. shrewd·er, shrewd·est

1. Characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence, and often a sense of the practical.

2. Disposed to artful and cunning practices; tricky.

3. Sharp; penetrating: a shrewd wind.

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[Middle English shrewed, wicked, from shrew, rascal; see shrew.]

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shrewdly adv.

Synonyms: shrewd, sagacious, astute, perspicacious
These adjectives mean having or showing keen awareness, sound judgment, and often resourcefulness, especially in practical matters. Shrewd suggests a sharp intelligence, hardheadness, and often an intuitive grasp of practical considerations: "He was too shrewd to go along with them upon a road which could lead only to their overthrow" (J.A. Froude).
Sagacious connotes prudence, discernment, and farsightedness: "He was observant and thoughtful, and given to asking sagacious questions" (John Galt).
Astute suggests shrewdness, especially with regard to one's own interests: An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease.
Perspicacious implies penetration and clear-sightedness: She is much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument. See Also Synonyms at clever.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

shrewdly - in a shrewd manner; "he invested his fortune astutely"; "he was acutely insightful" astutely, sagaciously, sapiently, acutely

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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

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shrewdly [ˈʃruːdlɪ] adv (act) → con accortezza; (reason) → con perspicacia
to look at sb shrewdly → lanciare uno sguardo astuto a qn