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Meanings of natural shrewdness in English

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Usage of natural shrewdness in English
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Aided by a natural shrewdness and sense, he got along pretty well.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
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The homespun jacket covered a natural shrewdness which had been sharpened by responsibility.
Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
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He was a man of vast experience, and great natural shrewdness.
The Honor of the Name
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Here a certain natural shrewdness and ingenuity of mind stood her in good stead.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
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Such was the warning her natural shrewdness gave her.
A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-Day
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He had little even of that wisdom which springs from natural shrewdness and insight into character.
History of the Conquest of Peru
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A spirit of natural shrewdness came to his assistance, and a sudden idea flashed into his mind.
Jess of the Rebel Trail
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At last they called a boy, a kind of simpleton, yet with a good deal of natural shrewdness.
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
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He was indeed, considering his natural shrewdness, singularly ignorant of women; as his advice to youthful husbands sometimes shows.
The Age of Erasmus / Lectures Delivered in the Universities of O...
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Now Roy, though he was but a youth, unused to the ways of the world, had much natural shrewdness.
The Boy from the Ranch; Or, Roy Bradner's City Experiences
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In speaking thus, I trust thy natural shrewdness, sharpened as it must have become by much dealing as a merchant.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01
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In spite of his unwieldy appearance, this wealthy man was endowed with great natural shrewdness and an unusually active mind.
The Count's Millions
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Paul was not without natural shrewdness, and this sudden advance convinced him that it was, after all, a real stone.
Paul the Peddler; Or, The Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant
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Harris's natural shrewdness in a measure overcame his fanaticism, and he continued to press Smith for a sight of the plates.
The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
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I found him a large, unwieldy figure, of a dull, heavy look, but by no means deficient in science or natural shrewdness.
A Voyage to the Moon / With Some Account of the Manners and Cust...
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He was not educated highly, though he had read a great deal; but in natural shrewdness, I rarely, if ever, saw his equal.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
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