All 3 Uses of
shrewd
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He wondered how his father, whom he knew for a shrewd suspicious man, could be duped by the servile manners of the porter; and the lively southern speech which had entertained him all the morning now irritated his ears.†
Chpt 2 *
- As he sat in his bench gazing calmly at the rector's shrewd harsh face, his mind wound itself in and out of the curious questions proposed to it.†
Chpt 3
- One of the first examples that he had learnt in Latin had run: INDIA MITTIT EBUR; and he recalled the shrewd northern face of the rector who had taught him to construe the Metamorphoses of Ovid in a courtly English, made whimsical by the mention of porkers and potsherds and chines of bacon.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)