All 4 Uses
shrewd
in
The Secret Garden
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- "She's a shrewd woman," said Dr. Craven, putting on his coat.†
p. 171.5shrewd = smart
- There was a queer mixture of crabbed tenderness and shrewd understanding in his manner.†
p. 200.3
- Ben Weatherstaff chuckled and there was shrewd admiration in his little old eyes.†
p. 211.3
- "Aye, that I did," he answered with a shrewdly significant air.†
p. 261.5 *shrewdly = in a smart manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(shrewd) smart -- especially in negotiating with people (may infer underhanded dealings)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)