What is the meaning of shrewd?

Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence.
- usage: "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
- synonyms: astute, sharp
Used of persons.
- usage: "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"
- synonyms: calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming

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