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overshrewd

overshrewd adjective: excessively shrewd.

Adjective

overshrewd (comparative more overshrewd, superlative most overshrewd)

  1. Excessively shrewd.

Forms of overshrewd

comparativemore overshrewd
superlativemost overshrewd

Origin of overshrewd

From over- + shrewd.

Questions about overshrewd

What does overshrewd mean?
Overshrewd means excessively shrewd.
What part of speech is overshrewd?
Overshrewd is an adjective.

Words near overshrewd in the dictionary

  1. overshowers
  2. overshowing
  3. overshown
  4. overshows
  5. overshrank
  6. overshrewd
  7. overshrink
  8. overshrinking
  9. overshrinks
  10. overshroud
  11. overshrouded

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