shrewdness

shrewd | American Dictionary

shrewd
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/ʃrud/
able to judge a situation accurately and turn it to your own advantage:
He’s a very shrewd businessman.
Barbara made some shrewd investments.

shrewd | Business English

shrewd
adjective
uk /ʃruːd/us
able to judge people and situations well and make good decisions:
My one big regret is about money - I wish I'd been more shrewd.
Simon is an extremely shrewd businessman.
The time is ripe for shrewd investors to make a killing on investment trusts.
based on good understanding or judgment:
The banks have probably taken a shrewd decision selling some stock now.
Shrewd investment in American property soon reaped Gilbert a second fortune.
Looking to the East to invest might be a shrewd move.

shrewdly

adverb
He shrewdly invested his earnings.

Examples of shrewd

shrewd
These are shrewd observations, well worth raising for debate.
Long-running historical debates are referred to indirectly through shrewd observation rather than detailed examination.
To today's reader his description is a shrewd translation of symbolic dynamics into everyday language.
The wisest and most shrewd undermine others to raise themselves higher.
But if your man is shrewd, you should proceed more cautiously.
What would the shrewd bachelor uncle want for his nephew or niece in such a situation?
Her reading of the printed secondary sources has been exhaustive, her judgments on them mostly sharp and shrewd, and her citations brilliantly selected.
They too condensed insights into maxims, riddles and gnomic sayings, or epigrams about prudent living and shrewd, insightful public decisions.
For in a beautiful face, sweet harmony and music of shrewd songs lies the key to open the gate of the most closed heart.
This turns out, upon closer inspection, to be shrewd eclecticism with a touch of historical moment.
The result is an analytically shrewd and useful survey of the evolution of policies in the three countries.
A shrewd statement, particularly in 1960, but what are we meant to conclude from it, or from the two parallel essays?
Both groups of traders are clearly shrewd bargainers, raising and lowering prices to match supply and demand fluctuations.
They were often supportive of administrative action, but they were also shrewd observers and potential critics of the local scene.$!
At the same time, it was a politically shrewd move.
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