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English to English adjective
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Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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marked by practical hardheaded intelligence | | Example: a smart businessman
an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
source: wordnet30
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used of persons | | Example: the most calculating and selfish men in the community
source: wordnet30
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