shrewdishadj.
/ˈʃruːdɪʃ/ Somewhat or fairly shrewd.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > worldly wisdom > [adjective] > fairly
shrewdish1823
1823 Spirit of Public Jrnls. 485 We have a shrewdish suspicion.
1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 33 Lieutenant Rudge was a shrewdish lad, Not easy to be cajoled.
1873 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London (1876) 162 Some shrewdish forecasting of events.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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