Both Uses
shrewd
in
The Phantom of the Opera
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- And then, one after the other, there came a series of incidents so curious and so inexplicable that the very shrewdest people began to feel uneasy.†
Chpt 1 *shrewdest = smartest
- Thinking at first that it was a voice from Heaven, he believed himself damned; and then, when the voice began to ask for money, he saw that he was being victimized by a shrewd blackmailer to whom Debienne himself had fallen a prey.†
Chpt Epil.shrewd = smart
Definitions:
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(1)
(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)