shrewly

adv

shrewly

adv

Etymology From Middle English shreuli, schrewelich, equivalent to shrew + -ly.

1

Archaic, Rare In a shrewish manner, shrewdly, sharply.

The Society have, it seems, invented a cunning machine, shrewly yclept a Torpedo, […]1897, Washington Irving, Works: Life of George Washington, page 343:

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