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How to pronounce “shrewd”
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Pronunciation guide for shrewd
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of shrewd with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Chicago Black Hawks Dark Inside Story
Bill had been known as a shrewd businessman
- Definition summary
- Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce shrewd
Chicago Black Hawks Dark Inside Story
Bill had been known as a shrewd businessman
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “shrewd”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
- Artful, tricky or cunning.
- (informal) streetwise, street-smart.
- Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
- Nigh accurate.
- Severe, intense, hard.
- Sharp, snithy, piercing.
- (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
- (obsolete) Portending, boding.
- (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
- (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
- (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
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