Synonyms for shrewdly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : shrood

Phonetic Transcription : ʃrud

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Définition of shrewdly

Origin : c.1300, "wicked, evil," from shrewe "wicked man" (see shrew). Cf. crabbed from crab (n.), dogged from dog (n.), wicked from witch (n.). The sense of "cunning" is first recorded 1510s. Related: Shrewdly; shrewdness. Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England" (1801) has a shrewdness of apes for a company or group of them. Shrewdie "cunning person" is from 1916.

adv astutely

Example sentences :

"You find the scene strange, Marquis," said the ambassador, glancing at him shrewdly.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

They look into him shrewdly, as an old jockey does into a horse.
Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier

"Gimme a cigarette 'nd I'll tell you," bargains Tracey shrewdly.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

"You men have both been drinking yourselves," she said shrewdly.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

All this time his eyes were watching me shrewdly, speculatively.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Kate shot a swift glance into the gray eyes fixed on her so shrewdly.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

She shrewdly suspected some "bit of trickery," as she phrased it.
Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola

But her poison was shrewdly administered, and slowly did its work.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Sir John leapt into the breach which Youldon had so shrewdly made in her defences.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Larkin leaned forward on his horse, and looked at him shrewdly.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

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