shrewdity
nounEtymology From shrewd + -ity.
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Rare shrewdness
- They have hooted at the devils, shouted with laughter over the stupidities and shrewdities of the hermit.1928, Sheldon Cheney, Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs, Theatre arts magazine: Volume 12:
- The few flags that could be seen above various turrets hung limply from their mastheads. This prospect never failed to please the pale young man. His eye ran over it with shrewdity.1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC: