Crossword clues for astuteness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Astute \As*tute"\, a. [L. astutus, fr. astus craft, cunning; perh. cognate with E. acute.] Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Syn: Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. [1913 Webster] As*tute"ly, adv. -- As*tute"ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being astute.
WordNet
n. intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) [syn: shrewdness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness]
the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas [syn: profundity, profoundness, depth]
Usage examples of "astuteness".
She was an alarming blend of childlike innocence and trust, and an astuteness far beyond her years.
He laughed softly, as one well pleased with his own astuteness, doffed his hat with a politeness almost exaggerated, and whistling his dog he abruptly left her.
Her mud stupidities, as well as the frequent gaucheries which seemed to bother others, he thought of as merely amusing-perhaps because he grew tired at times of being surrounded by clever, vigilant minds, forever striving to match the astuteness of his own.
If more proof were needed of his astuteness, once he had become master of Mino, he had not ceded a single inch of land to his enemies.
The speech he delivers at the Syndicate Delmonico Dinner, is justly applauded by the New York Press as a masterpiece of astuteness.
She was an alarming blend of childlike innocence and trust, and an astuteness far beyond her years.
He laughed softly, as one well pleased with his own astuteness, doffed his hat with a politeness almost exaggerated, and whistling his dog he abruptly left her.
Her mud stupidities, as well as the frequent gaucheries which seemed to bother others, he thought of as merely amusing-perhaps because he grew tired at times of being surrounded by clever, vigilant minds, forever striving to match the astuteness of his own.
Across the thirty feet that separated them, Rhavas—no, Avshar—dipped his head to the tribune in derisive acknow ledgement of his astuteness.