astute - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'astute' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Astute

[ a.]

- Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.

1 . astute

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

Example in sentence:

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

astacus astarboard astart astarte astate astatic astatically astaticism astay asteism

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