All 5 Uses of
shrewd
in
Jane Eyre
- I was standing before him; he fixed his eyes on me very steadily: his eyes were small and grey; not very bright, but I dare say I should think them shrewd now: he had a hard-featured yet good-natured looking face.†
p. 28.3 *shrewd = smart
- The stone was just broad enough to accommodate, comfortably, another girl and me, at that time my chosen comrade — one Mary Ann Wilson; a shrewd, observant personage, whose society I took pleasure in, partly because she was witty and original, and partly because she had a manner which set me at my ease.†
p. 92.9
- then she coined pretexts to go downstairs, in order, as I shrewdly suspected, to visit the library, where I knew she was not wanted;†
p. 139.7shrewdly = in a smart manner
- Other eyes besides mine watched these manifestations of character — watched them closely, keenly, shrewdly.†
p. 216.3
- There was much sense in your smile: it was very shrewd, and seemed to make light of your own abstraction.†
p. 361.1shrewd = smart
Definition:
smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)