shrewd

/ʃrˈud/

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Adjective Satellite
marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "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"
Adjective Satellite
used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"