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SHREWD
(adj.) marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
"a smart businessman", "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease", "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
synonyms : astute , sharp(adj.) used of persons
"the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
synonyms : calculating , calculative , conniving , scheming
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Mnemonics for shrewd
(Tag: english) those people may be rude sometimes if they're too smart
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-0 (Tag: ) just think of shrew i.e. a small mouse like animal....so thing "is chote hamesha chalak hote hain..."(Hindi)
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Origin
From shrew in the obsolete sense of “wicked man.” The meaning evolved from “wicked, dangerous” via “cunning.”] added by bimal03
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