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Webster 1828 Edition


Shrewdness

SHREWD'NESS

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Noun.
1. Sly cunning; archness.
The neighbors round admire his shrewdness. Swift.
2. Sagaciousness; sagacity; the quality of nice discernment.
3. Mischievousness; vexatiouness. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


shrewdness

shrewdness

English

Noun

shrewdness (plural shrewdnesses)

  1. The quality of being shrewd.
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes.