Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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SHREWD'NESS, noun
1. Sly cunning; archness.
The neighbors round admire his shrewdness. Swift.
2. Sagaciousness; sagacity; the quality of nice discernment.
3. Mischievousness; vexatiouness. [Not in use.]
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