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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.
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Calculative

Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.

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.
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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.

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.

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

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