"shrewdness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shrewdnesses [plural]
Etymology: shrewd + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|shrewd|ness}} shrewd + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shrewdness (countable and uncountable, plural shrewdnesses)
  1. The quality of being shrewd. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shrewdness-en-noun-6Z34d5Y8
  2. An invented collective name for a group of apes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-shrewdness-en-noun-0lOPQzX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 35 65

Inflected forms

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