shrewd
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Is shrewd a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (informal) streetwise, street-smart.Examples: "Willie is very aware of this fact and lets Johnny Attell know that there is a fly in the ointment, and Johnny, who is a very shrewd article, has his chauffeur drive him to Bradford Street so he can change the kid's mind."informal
2. (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.Examples: "Portia: There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper, That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek: Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world Could turn so much the constitution Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]"archaic
3. (obsolete) Portending, boding.obsolete
4. (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.Examples: "They were wont to please the Fairies, that they might doe them no shrewd turnes, by sweeping clean the Hearth and setting by it […]"archaic
5. (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.obsolete
6. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.Examples: "Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue."archaic
Definition source: Wiktionary