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Definition
smart — especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)
- As the old woman had shrewdly guessed, it was a Grey Friar who stole Cunegonde's money and jewels in the town of Badajos, when she and Candide were escaping.Chapter 13 (73% in)
- "Alas!" said the old woman, "I have a shrewd suspicion of a reverend Grey Friar, who stayed last night in the same inn with us at Badajos.Chapter 10 (9% in)
There are no more uses of "shrewd" in Candide.
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