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(<i>a.</i>) Astute; sharp; wily; cunning; as, a shrewd politician\.<p>2. (<i>a.</i>) Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.<p>3. 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