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shrewdish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shrewdish
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Somewhat shrewd.

Etymology

From shrewd + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more shrewdish (comparative) most shrewdish (superlative)

Questions

What does shrewdish mean?
Somewhat shrewd.
Where does shrewdish come from?
From shrewd + -ish.

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