All 4 Uses of
shrewd
in
Dubliners
- She stopped, as if she were communing with the past and then said shrewdly: "Mind you, I noticed there was something queer coming over him latterly.†
Chpt 1
- Jimmy had a respect for his father's shrewdness in business matters and in this case it had been his father who had first suggested the investment; money to be made in the motor business, pots of money.†
Chpt 5
- Polly, of course, flirted with the young men but Mrs. Mooney, who was a shrewd judge, knew that the young men were only passing the time away: none of them meant business.†
Chpt 7 *
- The part of mother presented to her no insuperable difficulties and for twenty-five years she had kept house shrewdly for her husband.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
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(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)