shrewd

Etymology
From, from , from , , , from. Equivalent to. More at shrew.

The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16th c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17th c.

Adjective

 * 1) Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
 * 2) Artful, tricky or cunning.
 * 3)  streetwise, street-smart.
 * 4) Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
 * 5) Nigh accurate.
 * 6) Severe, intense, hard.
 * 7) Sharp, snithy, piercing.
 * 8)  Bad, evil, threatening.
 * 9)  Portending, boding.
 * 10)  Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
 * 11)  Abusive, shrewish.
 * 12)  Scolding, satirical, sharp.
 * 1)  Bad, evil, threatening.
 * 2)  Portending, boding.
 * 3)  Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
 * 4)  Abusive, shrewish.
 * 5)  Scolding, satirical, sharp.
 * 1)  Abusive, shrewish.
 * 2)  Scolding, satirical, sharp.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَاذِق
 * Belarusian: практычны, разважлівы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: perspicaç
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მკვეთრი
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, éles elméjű, , , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: glic
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: callidus
 * Macedonian: остро́умен
 * Maori: rauhanga, mūrere
 * Middle English: sleighte, sly
 * Norwegian: skarpsindig
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: beschläpen
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: seòlta, glic
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: เฉลียวฉลาด,, มีไหวพริบ
 * Uyghur: زىرەك


 * Arabic: نَاصِح, نَبِيه
 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: mazaný,, prohnaný
 * Danish: fiffig,, listig
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: callidus, versūtus
 * Macedonian: и́тар, сна́одлив, о́тракан
 * Malay: licik
 * Maori: rauhanga
 * Occitan:, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: seòlta
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Thai: เจ้าเล่ห์, หัวหมอ, ฉลาดแกมโกง


 * Catalan:
 * Czech: znalý místních poměrů
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Irish: