Shrewd vs. Calculative
Shrewd and Calculative Definitions
Shrewd
Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
Calculative
The act, process, or result of calculating.
Shrewd
Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
Calculative
An estimate based on probabilities.
Shrewd
(Archaic) Sharp; penetrating
A shrewd wind.
Calculative
Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.
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Shrewd
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Calculative
To ascertain by computation; reckon
Calculating the area of a circle.
Calculated their probable time of arrival.
Shrewd
Artful, tricky or cunning.
Calculative
To make an estimate of; evaluate
Calculating the team's chances of winning.
Shrewd
(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
Calculative
To make for a deliberate purpose; design
A sturdy car that is calculated to last for years.
A choice that was calculated to please.
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Shrewd
Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
Calculative
To suppose
"I cal'late she's a right smart cook" (Dialect Notes).
Shrewd
Nigh accurate.
A shrewd guess
Calculative
To plan, intend, or depend on.
Shrewd
Severe, intense, hard.
A shrewd blow, or assault
Calculative
To perform a mathematical process; figure
We must measure and calculate to determine how much paint will be needed.
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Shrewd
Sharp, snithy, piercing.
A shrewd wind
Calculative
To suppose; guess.
Shrewd
(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
Calculative
To count, depend, or rely on someone or something
We're calculating on your help.
Shrewd
(obsolete) Portending, boding.
Calculative
Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
Shrewd
(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
Calculative
Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.
Long habits of calculative dealings.
Shrewd
(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
Calculative
Used of persons;
The most calculating and selfish men in the community
Shrewd
(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
Shrewd
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
Every of this happy numberThat have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
Shrewd
Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
Shrewd
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.
Shrewd
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
A smart businessman
An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Shrewd
Used of persons;
The most calculating and selfish men in the community
