Definition of shrewdness Shrewdness

/ʃɹuˈdnʌs/ - [shrudnus] - shrewd•ness

We found 4 definitions of shrewdness from 3 different sources.

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What does shrewdness mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: shrewdnesses

shrewdness - intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
  astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
  intelligence the operation of gathering information about an enemy
  business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"
  foxiness, slyness, wiliness, craftiness, cunning, guile, craft the quality of being crafty
  insightfulness, acumen shrewdness shown by keen insight
  knowingness shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge
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  • shrewdness (Noun)
    The quality of being shrewd.
  • shrewdness (Noun)
    An invented collective name for a group of apes.

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