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shrewdnesses

shrewdnesses is the plural of shrewdness.

Meaning of shrewdness

Noun

shrewdness (countable and uncountable, plural shrewdnesses)

  1. The quality of being shrewd.
    • A man with less worldly shrewdness would never have seen how things really stood; a man with less pliability could never have adapted himself to them. It must always be remembered, that his whole administration was one long struggle: he had to maintain his master on the throne, and himself in the...1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Interview”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 245
  2. (collective) A group of apes.
    • Larry was dragged off by a shrewdness of apes (a group of apes is called a shrewdness)2018, Bob Leszczak, Single Season Sitcoms of the 1990s, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, page 186

Questions about shrewdnesses

What is shrewdnesses the plural of?
Shrewdnesses is the plural of shrewdness.

Words near shrewdnesses in the dictionary

  1. shrewdish
  2. shrewdities
  3. shrewdity
  4. shrewdly
  5. shrewdness
  6. shrewdnesses
  7. shrewdom
  8. shrewdy
  9. shrewed
  10. shrewing
  11. shrewish

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