shrewd
He did not become a footballer to become famous, though he is shrewdly aware of his own appeal.
He leaned across the desk in a confidential manner, scanning the room shrewdly.
The authors shrewdly analyze the President's grasp of both the upsides and downsides of globalization.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Wise and sensible
be a victory for common senseidiom
cannily
canny
clear-headed
clear-headedly
judicious
judiciously
level-headed
long-sightedness
method
reasoned
responsibility
responsible
responsibly
right-minded
victory
well advised
wily
wisdom
wise

Examples of shrewdly

shrewdly
They developed new programs shrewdly and incrementally, through well-publicized experiments that enhanced political demand.
So they shrewdly cultivated agrarian support through their ties to farm leaders and presses.
Perhaps shrewdly, they avoid the use of both words.
In conclusion, although forecasting inflation rates is difficult and the temptation to rely on naive models is widespread, shrewdly chosen models do improve over univariate ones.
In summary, although forecasting inflation rates is difficult and the temptation to rely on naive models is widespread, shrewdly chosen models do improve over univariate ones.
Ironically, the very illogic, characteristic, too, of many printed slurs, shrewdly implicated an incongruous set of symbols for the timely, self-serving purpose of injuring political rivals and partisan women.
What a constituent assembly can do and does is to consider rival drafts, listen shrewdly to the expounders of each and weigh and modify.
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