All 10 Uses of
shrewd
in
Atlas Shrugged
- His eyes were shrewd without intelligence, his smile good-natured without kindness.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- Mayor Bascom looked astonished by Rearden's reaction; he had made the remark without malice, merely like a fellow cheat displaying his shrewdness to his partners in guilt.†
Chpt 1.10
- A look of shrewdness and purpose was returning to her face.†
Chpt 2.5
- Colby's eyes watched him for a moment, pale, shrewd eyes in a furnace-tanned face with soot-engraved wrinkles.†
Chpt 2.6
- Mr. Weatherby sounded as if he were trying to avoid the commitment of having heard what he had heard; but a sudden note of interest crept into his voice as he asked slowly, thoughtfully, with guarded shrewdness, "Am I to understand, Miss Taggart, that it is your wish to deal exclusively with me in all official matters?†
Chpt 2.8
- She noticed that his grim, square face was not as harshly expressionless as she had thought: he had a look of satisfaction, but satisfaction could not soften his features, it merely struck them like flint and sent sparks of humor to glitter faintly in the corners of his eyes, a humor that was shrewder, more demanding, yet warmer than a smile.†
Chpt 3.1
- "I shall comply with your terms," she answered; her voice had the shrewd, confident, deliberating slowness of a trader.†
Chpt 3.2
- Dr. Stadler saw the little shyster's eyes studying him for the fraction of a second: the eyes had a touch of superstitious awe, as at the sight of a phenomenon from a mystical realm forever incomprehensible to Mr. Thompson-and they had the piercing, calculating shrewdness of a ward heeler who feels certain that nothing is immune from his standards, a glance like the visual equivalent of the words: What's your angle?†
Chpt 3.3
- He had been shaking with terror-yet she had caught a few glances thrown shrewdly at her face, which had seemed, inconceivably, to convey a touch of triumph.†
Chpt 3.5
- It had been easy to assume a look of cold shrewdness and to remind Mr. Thompson of the five-hundred-thousand-dollar reward, her voice clear and cutting, like the sound of an adding machine punching out the sum of a bill.†
Chpt 3.8
Definition:
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(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)