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What is the adjective for shrewdness?

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shrewd
  1. showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
  2. artful, tricky or cunning
  3. streetwise
  4. knowledgeable
  5. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. astute, clever, canny, cunning, intelligent, perceptive, discerning, smart, wise, judicious, sensible, crafty, prudent, sharp, wily, artful, sly, acute, sagacious, knowing, savvy, perspicacious, devious, scheming, insightful, subtle, foxy, guileful, keen, calculating, tricky, sage, slick, discriminating, alert, designing, ingenious, sapient, brainy, cagey, cute, observant, slippery, beguiling, streetwise, pawky, underhand, hardheaded, argute, dodgy … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “He made his way to power more by shrewd political judgment and sheer luck than by public acclaim.”
      “The morning sky was white with clouds and the air had a shrewd chill that threatened snow.”
      “In personality they were frugal, abstemious, shrewd, accumulative, and solitary.”
shrewdish
  1. Somewhat shrewd.
shrewder
  1. comparative form of shrewd: more shrewd
  2. Synonyms:
      3. better, more sensible, smarter, wiser, better-informed, more informed, more insightful, more judicious, more perceptive, more prudent, more rational, more thoughtful, more intelligent, more intuitive, more knowledgeable, more learned, more reasonable, more reflective, astuter, more careful, more discerning, more educated, more enlightened, more knowing, more tactful, sharper, craftier, keener, more aware, more calculating, more cogitative, more contemplative, more cunning, more devious, more erudite, more perspicacious, more sagacious, more sapient, more scholarly, more understanding, sager, slier, cleverer, more artful, more discreet, more experienced, more foresighted, saner, sounder, warier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A shrewder wordsmith might have better navigated the thicket of legislative traps during the Arizona debate.”
      “There was a shrewder man back of him who planned this and took the 102 money.”
      “Because otherwise Nung Van Van would hide himself in a shrewder manner than rats.”
shrewdest
  1. superlative form of shrewd: most shrewd
  2. Synonyms:
      3. astutest, cleverest, canniest, smartest, wisest, craftiest, sharpest, wiliest, sliest, acutest, savviest, subtlest, foxiest, keenest, trickiest, sagest, slickest, brainiest, cagiest, cutest, slipperiest, pawkiest, dodgiest, headiest, deepest, fliest, smoothest, most cunning, most intelligent, most perceptive, most discerning, most judicious, most sensible, most prudent, most artful, most sagacious, most knowing, most perspicacious, most devious, most scheming, most insightful, most guileful, most calculating, most discriminating, most alert, most designing, most ingenious, most sapient, most observant, most beguiling … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The whole trade mess illustrates that sometimes the shrewdest political strategy is to unswervingly follow ideological principles.”
      “The Irishman has been one of the leading jockeys of recent seasons and is one of the shrewdest horsemen around.”
      “How could some of Australia's biggest and shrewdest media outlets get done so badly.”
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