0 having or based on a clear understanding and good judgment of a situation, resulting in an advantage: --
It was a shrewd move to buy your house just before property prices started to rise.
She is a shrewd politician who wants to avoid offending the electorate unnecessarily.
[ + to infinitive ] He was shrewd enough not to take the job when there was the possibility of getting a better one a few months later.
1 able to judge a situation accurately and turn it to your own advantage: --
Barbara made some shrewd investments.
He’s a very shrewd businessman.
2 able to judge people and situations well and make good decisions: --
3 based on good understanding or judgment: --
At the same time, it was a politically shrewd move.
They were often supportive of administrative action, but they were also shrewd observers and potential critics of the local scene.$!
Both groups of traders are clearly shrewd bargainers, raising and lowering prices to match supply and demand fluctuations.
A shrewd statement, particularly in 1960, but what are we meant to conclude from it, or from the two parallel essays?
The result is an analytically shrewd and useful survey of the evolution of policies in the three countries.
This turns out, upon closer inspection, to be shrewd eclecticism with a touch of historical moment.
For in a beautiful face, sweet harmony and music of shrewd songs lies the key to open the gate of the most closed heart.
They too condensed insights into maxims, riddles and gnomic sayings, or epigrams about prudent living and shrewd, insightful public decisions.
