Astuteness
of keen penetration or discernment; sagacious:
an astute -n-lysis.
clever; cunning; ingenious; shrewd:
an astute merchandising program; an astute manipulation of facts.
historical examples
it remains to be seen whether his astuteness will serve against the search to be resumed on the morrow.
the death shot mayne reid
but the astuteness of my veteran circ-mvented all these plans.
captain canot brantz mayer
his astuteness was slipping from him, even while he bragged of it.
the huntress hulbert footner
the astuteness of william of orange had in this instance been deceived.
the rise of the dutch republic, volume ii.(of iii) 1566-74 john lothrop motley
the mother little dreamed, with all her astuteness, of what was really transpiring.
the debtor mary e. wilkins freeman
he had not the astuteness to be a rogue; oddly he had the sense to know that he could fool us no longer.
the crossing winston churchill
a better specimen of american smartness and chinese astuteness could hardly be conceived than this crafty and fallacious clause.
the truth about opium william h. brereton
the touch showed jack to be not without some of the astuteness of his mother.
love in a cloud arlo bates
germany’s astuteness in dealing with neutral countries was especially marked in spain.
harper’s pictorial library of the world war, volume xii various
the blood ran to my face at this further revelation of his astuteness.
the shoes of fortune neil munro
adjective
having insight or ac-men; perceptive; shrewd
adj.
1610s, from latin astutus “crafty, wary, shrewd; sagacious, expert,” from astus “cunning, cleverness, adroitness,” of uncertain origin, perhaps from greek asty “town,” a word borrowed into latin and with an overtone of “city sophistication” (cf. asteism). related: astutely; astuteness.
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