All 8 Uses of
shrewd
in
Anna Karenina
- Betsy said all this, and, at the same time, from her good-humored, shrewd glance, Anna felt that she partly guessed her plight, and was hatching something for her benefit.†
Part 3 *
- On meeting Anna Karenina, as he was Alexey Alexandrovitch's enemy in the government, he tried, like a shrewd man and a man of the world, to be particularly cordial with her, the wife of his enemy.†
Part 3
- This shrewd man's flattering words, the naive, childlike affection shown her by Liza Merkalova, and all the social atmosphere she was used to,— it was all so easy, and what was in store for her was so difficult, that she was for a minute in uncertainty whether to remain, whether to put off a little longer the painful moment of explanation.†
Part 3
- Levin saw proofs of this in his dress, in the old-fashioned threadbare coat, obviously not his everyday attire, in his shrewd, deep-set eyes, in his idiomatic, fluent Russian, in the imperious tone that had become habitual from long use, and in the resolute gestures of his large, red, sunburnt hands, with an old betrothal ring on the little finger.†
Part 3
- I'd turn my back on the whole business, sell up, go off like Nikolay Ivanovitch…. to hear La Belle Helene," said the landowner, a pleasant smile lighting up his shrewd old face.†
Part 3
- Alexey Alexandrovitch glanced at his face, and saw that the shrewd, gray eyes were laughing, and seemed to know all about it already.†
Part 4
- Oh yes, you're a shrewd one at politics, I dare say!†
Part 5
- Dolly looked at him with her shrewd, comprehending eyes.†
Part 6
Definition:
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(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)