Synonyms for shrewdness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shrood

Phonetic Transcription : ʃrud

Définition of shrewdness

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.

noun astuteness

Example sentences :

Her ruse of spoliation within the law was evidence of her shrewdness, nothing more.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

To this there was no reply; and they hated her the more for their having been silenced by her shrewdness.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

Mr. Gordon believed that to shrewdness and persistence all things are possible.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

He called upon all his shrewdness, all his trickiness of the South.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Also, at that time, he idolized his brother and believed in his shrewdness and capability.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

And is not shrewdness a quickness or cleverness of the soul, and not a quietness?
Extract from : « Charmides » by Plato

Storms showed his shrewdness by the manner in which he managed the poor fellow.
Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis

Her depravity did but stimulate her woman's shrewdness and tact.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

"Very true," said Linton, affecting to be struck by the shrewdness of the speaker.
Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever

I left Madame F——-, thinking of the shrewdness of her answer.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

Antonyms for shrewdness

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