Shrewd: alternatives and connections

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

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of Calculate

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Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

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of Connive

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of Scheme

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Having a very thin edge or fine point; of a nature to cut or pierce easily; not blunt or dull; keen.

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