Intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings)
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Examples for "shrewdness "
Examples for "shrewdness "
1 Kamehameha was undoubtedly a prince possessing shrewdness and great strength of character.
2 The following is an instance of the shrewdness practiced in effecting escapes.
3 You'd better learn that the greatest shrewdness consists in telling the truth.
4 Warzer Jaff led me through danger and complexity with shrewdness and charm.
5 The speech of honest Andrew smacks of the shrewdness of Edie Ochiltree.
1 Instinct in women is as strong as the perspicacity of great men.
2 No one gifted with the least perspicacity will confound the two operations.
3 Guy Oscard, with the perspicacity of his sex, gobbled up the bait.
4 At that juncture, such a prediction would not have required exceptional perspicacity .
5 He gazed upon her in frank admiration for her audacity and perspicacity .
1 The astuteness of William of Orange had in this instance been deceived.
2 The value of astuteness is that it protects us from the astute.
3 Not even the astuteness of the first Capilano ever discovered their destination.
4 Though somewhat drunk, Grabman still preserved the rays of his habitual astuteness .
5 The whisper ended with a little chuckle of delight at her astuteness .
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