shrewdly [
'ʃru:dli]
ad. 精明地(刁钻地,剧烈地)
shrewdly[ adv ]
in a shrewd manner
<adv.all>
he invested his fortune astutelyhe was acutely insightful
Shrewd \Shrewd\, a. [Compar. {Shrewder}; superl. {Shrewdest}.]
[Originally the p. p. of shrew, v.t.]
1. Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence,
vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious;
rough; unfair; shrewish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the
great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass
by. --Sir J.
Mandeville.
Every of this happy number
That have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
--Shak.
2. Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
--Shak.
3. Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business;
astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd
observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind
creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
--Secker.
Syn: Keen; critical; subtle; artful; astute; sagacious;
discerning; acute; penetrating.
Usage: {Shrewd}, {Sagacious}. One who is shrewd is keen to
detect errors, to penetrate disguises, to foresee and
guard against the selfishness of others. Shrewd is a
word of less dignity than sagacious, which implies a
comprehensive as well as penetrating mind, whereas
shrewd does not.
※ -- {Shrewd"ly}, adv. -- {Shrewd"ness},
n.
- He is now said to command around Pounds 15,000 per concert. Lyon and the Halle were shrewdly chosen.
- Ask shrewdly, and, in my opinion, it should.
- Kirin Brewery Co. has responded shrewdly to the recent craze for imported premium beers by developing Heartland Beer, a brew so heavy with the flavor of hops it would make a Pennsylvania steelworker proud.
- The Ginsburg marijuana mudball was a dirty little thing, but one must admit that it was shrewdly thrown.
- Jimmy Knepper, the most resourceful trombonist in jazz, was a shrewdly observant ex post facto participant, as was the penetratingly passionate Curtis Porter (Shafi Hadi) on alto saxophone.
- The trick is to spend shrewdly as well as heavily.
- 'You couldn't interest me with the dance of the seven veils.' More importantly, the author vacillates in his portrayal of Glyn, alternating between the gushingly precious, lost in self-love, and the shrewdly warm-hearted worldly-wise.
- But Fultonville has shrewdly taken advantage of its location and small size to attract trucks navigating the trade route between New England and the upper Midwest.