shrewdest

adjclever, intelligent

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "wicked, evil," from shrewe "wicked man" (see shrew). Cf. crabbed from crab (n.), dogged from dog (n.), wicked from witch (n.). The sense of "cunning" is first recorded 1510s. Related: Shrewdly; shrewdness. Strutt's "Sports and Pastimes of the People of England" (1801) has a shrewdness of apes for a company or group of them. Shrewdie "cunning person" is from 1916.

Example Sentences for shrewdest

I consider him to have possessed the shrewdest insight into character.

The fox is the synonym of cunning, and will often outwit the shrewdest trapper.

But Indians have one peculiarity that will baffle even the shrewdest Jew.

But by far the shrewdest blow to the Italianists was Wilson's Declaration.

Trade or talk of history with him, and he was found to be one of the shrewdest of men.

He spoke of business like the shrewdest and readiest of practical men.

But the shrewdest man is liable to lose his head for the moment.

The thought of entering it was painful with the shrewdest pain.

The shrewdest among them had observed Derrick's interest in her.

The sharpest and shrewdest men in Colorado, we found were all settled here.

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