shrewd

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
2. sıfat Artful, tricky or cunning.
3. sıfat streetwise, street-smart.

   “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.”

4. sıfat Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
5. sıfat Nigh accurate.

   “a shrewd guess”

6. sıfat Severe, intense, hard.

   “a shrewd blow, or assault”

7. sıfat Sharp, snithy, piercing.

   “a shrewd wind”

8. sıfat Bad, evil, threatening.

   “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!— […]”

9. sıfat Portending, boding.
10. sıfat Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.

    “They were wont to please the Fairies, that they might doe them no shrewd turnes, by sweeping clean the Hearth and setting by it […]”

11. sıfat Abusive, shrewish.
12. sıfat Scolding, satirical, sharp.

    “Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.”