shrewdity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

shrewd +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

shrewdity (countable and uncountable, plural shrewdities)

  1. (rare) shrewdness
    • 1928, Sheldon Cheney, Edith Juliet Rich Isaacs, Theatre arts magazine: Volume 12:
      They have hooted at the devils, shouted with laughter over the stupidities and shrewdities of the hermit.
    • 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC:
      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.
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