shrewdly

«shrewdly» in Mova's school dictionary: to think quickly and clearly and judge well what is going… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (shrewd, shrewder, shrewdest; shrewdly)

meaning for a pupil

To act shrewdly is to think quickly and clearly and judge well what is going on, especially when you want to gain something. tree →

sense in the lessons

in the tales a character speaks or thinks shrewdly, working out the truth from small clues before others do.

examples

• The landlord said shrewdly what he thought. tree →
• Odysseus shrewdly worked out who the stranger was. tree →
• She shrewdly guessed the answer. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shrewdly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.