shrewdlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈʃruːdli/, U.S.

/ˈʃrudli/

Forms: see shrewd adj.; also 1500s scrodely, 1500s–1600s shrodly.

Etymology: < shrewd adj. + -ly suffix².

†1. Evilly, ill; wickedly; maliciously. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb]

noughtlyeOE

wrothec888

unrighteouslyeOE

foullyOE

naughtlyOE

wrothlyc1200

litherlya1225

unwraste?c1225

illc1275

vilelyc1290

shrewdly13..

felonly1303

unwrastlyc1320

viciouslya1325

diverselyc1325

wickly1338

lewdlyc1384

badlyc1405

foula1425

mischievouslyc1426

felonously1436

felonmentc1470

wickedfullyc1480

villainously1484

meschantlya1492

sinisterly1491

noughtily1528

naughtily?1529

perniciously1533

illy1549

naught1549

bad1575

evilly1581

nefariously1599

scelerately1632

improbously1657

piggishly1756

iniquitously1796

pervertedly1804

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb]

wrothec888

litherlyc1050

foulOE

sinfullyc1175

quedelya1250

amissc1275

shrewdly13..

felonly1303

wickedly1303

wickc1330

wickly1338

lewdlyc1384

wickeda1400

mischievouslyc1426

felonously1436

felonmentc1470

wickedfullyc1480

villainously1484

meschantlya1492

sinisterly1491

naughtily?1529

perniciously1533

naughtly1575

unsela1583

nefariously1599

scelerately1632

improbously1657

queerly1699

13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 326 He bithenketh him hu he may shrewedelichest worche.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2860 Alle wiþ herte grete, & shrewed-liche þai dede hym kulle.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 16 Resteth to do shreudely, lerneth to do wel.

c1450 Godstow Reg. 324 He was ful ignorant wilfulli & shrewdeli.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 313 To dye as cowardes shrewdely oon with-oute a-nother.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 620 Fals flaterers that..speke fayre before the and shrewdly behynde.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 528/2 They may seme repentaunt openlye, and yet thinke in their heartes ful shrewdly.

†2. Of wounding, hurting, cutting: Sharply, severely. Often in figurative context. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adverb] > severely

sorelyOE

sorec1000

shrewdlyc1440

ungraciouslya1525

c1440 Alphabet of Tales 431 He..was shrewidlie wowndid with waspis & fleis.

c1480 (a1400) St. Juliana 80 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 426 Quhene we do nocht all his wil, he gerris dynge ws schreuytly.

1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas in Wks. (1910) II. 147 My battred braynes, (which now be shrewdly brusde).

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. 224 Deepe debts are sharpe goads, and prick shreawdly.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 1 The ayre bites shroudly [1603 shrewd], is it very colde.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 221 I see my reputation is at stake, My fame is shrowdly gor'd.

1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 337 A stone..fell vpon his head, and did shrewdly cut him.

1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. ix. 244 A Gentleman had a fall with his horse, was shrewdly bruised on his left side.

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 99 I knew one shrewdly gor'd by a Bull.

†3. Sharply, severely, harshly. Obsolete.

a. Of speech.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb] > specifically of utterance

sharply1340

shrewdlyc1386

piquantly1691

c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 530 Lo yet how shrewedly Vn-to my confessour to day he spak.

c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3514 A man..to Iulius Cesar ones Crabbidly seid, and schrewdly [etc.].

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 134/3 The mynysters answerden thou spakest shrewdly to y^e wymen.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vii. 134 Oft and richt schrewitly wald scho clepe and cry.

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares To Rdr. This word Mummianiz'd in the beginning of my first Epistle is shrewdly called in question.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Shrop. 16 Sir Roger..urged it [sc. falsehood] shrewdly against the Person, who in that place, first revived the Aspersion.

b. Of treatment.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly

sternlyc897

stitha1000

sterna1175

foulc1275

stithlya1300

steevely1340

austerely?a1400

smartlya1400

unsternlya1400

sore1484

shrewdly1490

dourlya1500

severely1548

roundly1567

severe1599

fiercely1611

piquantly1691

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]

sternlyc897

sharplyc900

stitha1000

hardlyOE

starklyOE

sterna1175

stithlya1300

hardilyc1300

ruggedlya1382

austerely?a1400

smartlya1400

unsternlya1400

acerbly?a1425

brussly1481

sore1484

shrewdly1490

dourlya1500

severely1548

roundly1567

severe1599

strictly1602

fiercely1611

Draconically1641

rugged1661

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) x. 257 He was a ferde lest he shold be yet more shreudely handlyd.

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 69 If I write sharpely blame me not that am vsed so shrowdlie.

1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 270 Some of Gods children..are shrewdly handled..and brought very lowe, euen vnto deaths doore.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ix. 47 Being of Opinion, that he had been Shrewdly handled by the Divine Vengeance.

†4. Badly, ill, poorly. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xviii. 82 Thei..passen the gospel that j haue herd seyd in oure toun, and keepen it shrewedeliche.

1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1210 Shroudly it doth accorde, To pyke out honesty of suche a potshorde.

1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 658 Ordre must be taken in tyme for the payment of the workmen, or elles they shal worke but shrewdly.

a. Qualifying a word or phrase expressive of a painful or adverse condition, menacing or disquieting action, violent or oppressive treatment; passing into a mere intensive: Grievously, intensely, seriously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb]

heavilyc897

sharplyc900

hardeOE

sharpc1000

sorec1000

hardlyOE

etelichec1175

sorelyc1275

straita1300

sourc1300

grievously1303

drearilya1400

foullya1400

felly?c1400

snapelyc1420

durely1477

penallya1500

shrewlya1529

shrewdlyc1533

asperously1547

heinouslya1555

sensibly1613

instantly1638

shrowardly1664

severelya1682

atrociously1765

punishingly1839

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad

sorea1300

grievously1340

terrible1490

beastly?1518

shrewdlyc1533

arrantly?1548

murrainly?1548

abominablea1550

pestilence1567

pestilently1567

cursedly1570

pestiferously1570

murrain1575

plaguey1584

plaguilya1586

grievous1598

scandalously1602

horridly1603

terribly1604

monstrously1611

hellish1614

dreadfullya1616

horrid1615

pestilenta1616

infernally1638

preposterously1661

woeful1684

confoundedly1694

confounded1709

glaringly1709

cursed1719

flagrantly1756

weary1790

disgustingly1804

filthy1827

blamed1833

peskily1833

pesky1833

blame1843

blasted1854

wickedly1858

blatantly1878

shamelessly1885

disgracefully1893

ruddy1913

bastarda1935

pissing1951

sodding1954

pissingly1971

α.

1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ovi^v Most florishing and wealthie peoples beyng some of them shrewedely shaken.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iv. sig. G.j Then Trupenies fireforke will him shrewdly fray.

c1610–15 Life Holie Hilda in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 57 A greate number of birds alighting in her fields of corne, and deuouring it shrewdlie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 91 He's shrewdly vext at something.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. F2 A Famine, which shrewdly raged among the Commons.

1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 220 To be shrewdly tempted to be a partial relator of them.

1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 43 Shrewdly against the will of the high Church-men.

1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 81 Yet seem'd she not to winch, though shrewdly pain'd.

1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 146 Shrewdly disappointed.

1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 4 My shoulder acheth shrewdly.

1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn i. i. 18 We shall be shrewdly cuffed.

1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators xliv The attack of yesterday..must have shaken them shrewdly.

β. c1533 Sir W. Fitzwilliam in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 284 Which happenyng shulde shrowdly discomfort her.1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O4^v I haue brought him lowe, and shrowdly broken him.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 148 These English are shrowdly out of Beefe. 1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 57 Hee threatned us shrodly.1633 T. James Strange Voy. 78 The Ice did driue against the Ship, and shake her shrowdly.a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. H1 Hee's shrowdly frighted by this violence.1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 56 Shroudly shrubbing their branches.1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 73 Otherwise he would be shrowdly disappointed.

†b. Intensely, immensely. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]

stronglyeOE

felec950

strongeOE

highlyOE

highOE

greatlya1200

stourlya1225

greata1325

dreec1330

deeplya1400

mightya1400

dreichlyc1400

mighty?a1425

sorec1440

mainlyc1450

greatumly1456

madc1487

profoundly1489

stronglya1492

muchwhata1513

shrewlya1529

heapa1547

vengeance?1548

sorely1562

smartlyc1580

mightly1582

mightily1587

violently1601

intensively1604

almightily1612

violent1629

seriously1643

intensely1646

importunately1660

shrewdly1664

gey1686

sadly1738

plenty1775

vitally1787

substantively1795

badly1813

far1814

heavily1819

serious1825

measurably1834

dearly1843

bally1939

majorly1955

sizzlingly1956

majorly1978

fecking1983

1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. i, in Comedies & Trag. 121 I like her shrewdly; I hate a wench that is all Whore and no Company.

6. See shrewd adj. 14, 10b.

a. qualifying suspect, suspicious, guess, fear, mistrust.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [adverb] > close to the truth

shrewdly1559

unhappily1577

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Warwick vi This made the French king shrewdly to suspecte.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 273 I mistrust y^e present case of Democritus so shrewdly.

1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. F2 Hee gesseth shrewdlie..our intent.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. v. §1 Which may make it shrewdly suspitious that their intent is only to impose on our understandings.

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 73 'Tis shrewdly to be mistrusted, that something a great deal further off..has some kind of tamperings here.

1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2254 I shrewdly suspect, that his Royal Highness has been the dupe of that sentiment.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 288 'Tis shrewdly guessed That Redmond rules the damsel's breast.

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiii. 227 She coined pretexts to go downs tairs, in order, as I shrewdly suspected, to visit the library.

†b. qualifying probable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > expressing strong belief

surely1523

shrewdly1659

1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. i. 120 It is shreudly probable, that fluid perceptive Matter will not fail to find the colours tinctured from one another.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 72 Is it not shrewdly probable, that..Colours are nothing else but a various modification of this motion?

a. With keen insight or perception; with shrewd intelligence or discrimination; astutely, sagaciously.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adverb]

sharplyc897

redlyc1275

wellc1450

finely1538

aptly1578

acutely1600

shrewdly1600

penetratingly1670

sagaciously1678

penetratively1697

cutely1762

keenly1824

downily1845

percipiently1924

insightfully1932

sharp-wittedly1934

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > astutely

yeplya900

smeighlyc1200

finely1538

shrewdly1600

astuciously18..

knowingly1805

astutely1826

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 73 Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly .

1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxi. 310 The..Author observes, very shrowdly, that..it is to Him a Mystery.

1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. i. ii. 35 The Spartans held theft to be innocent, if it was but shrewdly committed.

1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 218 ‘Shrewdly replied,’ said the monarch.

a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 110 He shrewdly propounded a dilemma which silenced Pomponne and Torcy.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 258 Shrewdly he kept the secret to himself.

b. Cleverly, skilfully. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly

slylyc1275

sly1370

featly1436

addresslya1500

sleightly?c1510

clean1531

trickly1542

neatlya1547

trick1564

cleanly1583

cleverly1654

clever1664

adroitly1695

adeptly1804

slick1825

shrewdly1851

cleverishly1881

slickly1893

niftily1901

eptly1974

1851 T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered (1872) 194 Many a rough stone..will take a fine polish..if it be shrewdly cut and carefully rubbed.

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单词	shrewdly
释义	shrewdlyadv. Brit. /ˈʃruːdli/, U.S. /ˈʃrudli/ Forms: see shrewd adj.; also 1500s scrodely, 1500s–1600s shrodly. Etymology: < shrewd adj. + -ly suffix². †1. Evilly, ill; wickedly; maliciously. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [adverb] noughtlyeOE wrothec888 unrighteouslyeOE foullyOE naughtlyOE wrothlyc1200 litherlya1225 unwraste?c1225 illc1275 vilelyc1290 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 unwrastlyc1320 viciouslya1325 diverselyc1325 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 badlyc1405 foula1425 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 noughtily1528 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 illy1549 naught1549 bad1575 evilly1581 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 piggishly1756 iniquitously1796 pervertedly1804 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] wrothec888 litherlyc1050 foulOE sinfullyc1175 quedelya1250 amissc1275 shrewdly13.. felonly1303 wickedly1303 wickc1330 wickly1338 lewdlyc1384 wickeda1400 mischievouslyc1426 felonously1436 felonmentc1470 wickedfullyc1480 villainously1484 meschantlya1492 sinisterly1491 naughtily?1529 perniciously1533 naughtly1575 unsela1583 nefariously1599 scelerately1632 improbously1657 queerly1699 13.. Pol. Songs (Camden) 326 He bithenketh him hu he may shrewedelichest worche. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 2860 Alle wiþ herte grete, & shrewed-liche þai dede hym kulle. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. i. 16 Resteth to do shreudely, lerneth to do wel. c1450 Godstow Reg. 324 He was ful ignorant wilfulli & shrewdeli. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 313 To dye as cowardes shrewdely oon with-oute a-nother. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 620 Fals flaterers that..speke fayre before the and shrewdly behynde. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 528/2 They may seme repentaunt openlye, and yet thinke in their heartes ful shrewdly. †2. Of wounding, hurting, cutting: Sharply, severely. Often in figurative context. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [adverb] > severely sorelyOE sorec1000 shrewdlyc1440 ungraciouslya1525 c1440 Alphabet of Tales 431 He..was shrewidlie wowndid with waspis & fleis. c1480 (a1400) St. Juliana 80 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 426 Quhene we do nocht all his wil, he gerris dynge ws schreuytly. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas in Wks. (1910) II. 147 My battred braynes, (which now be shrewdly brusde). 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vi. 224 Deepe debts are sharpe goads, and prick shreawdly. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iv. 1 The ayre bites shroudly [1603 shrewd], is it very colde. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 221 I see my reputation is at stake, My fame is shrowdly gor'd. View more context for this quotation 1613 W. B. tr. S. Michaelis Admirable Hist. Penitent Woman 337 A stone..fell vpon his head, and did shrewdly cut him. 1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid iii. ix. 244 A Gentleman had a fall with his horse, was shrewdly bruised on his left side. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. iii. 99 I knew one shrewdly gor'd by a Bull. †3. Sharply, severely, harshly. Obsolete. a. Of speech. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb] > specifically of utterance sharply1340 shrewdlyc1386 piquantly1691 c1386 G. Chaucer Summoner's Tale 530 Lo yet how shrewedly Vn-to my confessour to day he spak. c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 3514 A man..to Iulius Cesar ones Crabbidly seid, and schrewdly [etc.]. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 134/3 The mynysters answerden thou spakest shrewdly to y^e wymen. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vii. 134 Oft and richt schrewitly wald scho clepe and cry. 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares To Rdr. This word Mummianiz'd in the beginning of my first Epistle is shrewdly called in question. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Shrop. 16 Sir Roger..urged it [sc. falsehood] shrewdly against the Person, who in that place, first revived the Aspersion. b. Of treatment. ΘΚΠ society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly sternlyc897 stitha1000 sterna1175 foulc1275 stithlya1300 steevely1340 austerely?a1400 smartlya1400 unsternlya1400 sore1484 shrewdly1490 dourlya1500 severely1548 roundly1567 severe1599 fiercely1611 piquantly1691 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb] sternlyc897 sharplyc900 stitha1000 hardlyOE starklyOE sterna1175 stithlya1300 hardilyc1300 ruggedlya1382 austerely?a1400 smartlya1400 unsternlya1400 acerbly?a1425 brussly1481 sore1484 shrewdly1490 dourlya1500 severely1548 roundly1567 severe1599 strictly1602 fiercely1611 Draconically1641 rugged1661 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) x. 257 He was a ferde lest he shold be yet more shreudely handlyd. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 69 If I write sharpely blame me not that am vsed so shrowdlie. 1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 270 Some of Gods children..are shrewdly handled..and brought very lowe, euen vnto deaths doore. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ix. 47 Being of Opinion, that he had been Shrewdly handled by the Divine Vengeance. †4. Badly, ill, poorly. Obsolete. ΚΠ c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xviii. 82 Thei..passen the gospel that j haue herd seyd in oure toun, and keepen it shrewedeliche. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 1210 Shroudly it doth accorde, To pyke out honesty of suche a potshorde. 1541 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 658 Ordre must be taken in tyme for the payment of the workmen, or elles they shal worke but shrewdly. 5. a. Qualifying a word or phrase expressive of a painful or adverse condition, menacing or disquieting action, violent or oppressive treatment; passing into a mere intensive: Grievously, intensely, seriously. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adverb] heavilyc897 sharplyc900 hardeOE sharpc1000 sorec1000 hardlyOE etelichec1175 sorelyc1275 straita1300 sourc1300 grievously1303 drearilya1400 foullya1400 felly?c1400 snapelyc1420 durely1477 penallya1500 shrewlya1529 shrewdlyc1533 asperously1547 heinouslya1555 sensibly1613 instantly1638 shrowardly1664 severelya1682 atrociously1765 punishingly1839 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > specifically of something bad sorea1300 grievously1340 terrible1490 beastly?1518 shrewdlyc1533 arrantly?1548 murrainly?1548 abominablea1550 pestilence1567 pestilently1567 cursedly1570 pestiferously1570 murrain1575 plaguey1584 plaguilya1586 grievous1598 scandalously1602 horridly1603 terribly1604 monstrously1611 hellish1614 dreadfullya1616 horrid1615 pestilenta1616 infernally1638 preposterously1661 woeful1684 confoundedly1694 confounded1709 glaringly1709 cursed1719 flagrantly1756 weary1790 disgustingly1804 filthy1827 blamed1833 peskily1833 pesky1833 blame1843 blasted1854 wickedly1858 blatantly1878 shamelessly1885 disgracefully1893 ruddy1913 bastarda1935 pissing1951 sodding1954 pissingly1971 α. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Ovi^v Most florishing and wealthie peoples beyng some of them shrewedely shaken. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. iv. sig. G.j Then Trupenies fireforke will him shrewdly fray. c1610–15 Life Holie Hilda in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 57 A greate number of birds alighting in her fields of corne, and deuouring it shrewdlie. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. v. 91 He's shrewdly vext at something. View more context for this quotation 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. F2 A Famine, which shrewdly raged among the Commons. 1661 R. Boyle Some Consider. Style of Script. (1675) 220 To be shrewdly tempted to be a partial relator of them. 1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 43 Shrewdly against the will of the high Church-men. 1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 81 Yet seem'd she not to winch, though shrewdly pain'd. 1710 Ld. Shaftesbury Soliloquy 146 Shrewdly disappointed. 1848 C. C. Clifford tr. Aristophanes Frogs 4 My shoulder acheth shrewdly. 1850 G. H. Boker Anne Boleyn i. i. 18 We shall be shrewdly cuffed. 1863 G. J. Whyte-Melville Gladiators xliv The attack of yesterday..must have shaken them shrewdly. β. c1533 Sir W. Fitzwilliam in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 284 Which happenyng shulde shrowdly discomfort her.1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. O4^v I haue brought him lowe, and shrowdly broken him.a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vii. 148 These English are shrowdly out of Beefe. View more context for this quotation1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 57 Hee threatned us shrodly.1633 T. James Strange Voy. 78 The Ice did driue against the Ship, and shake her shrowdly.a1640 J. Day & H. Chettle Blind-beggar (1659) sig. H1 Hee's shrowdly frighted by this violence.1650 T. Fuller Pisgah-sight of Palestine ii. i. 56 Shroudly shrubbing their branches.1673 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd ii. 73 Otherwise he would be shrowdly disappointed. †b. Intensely, immensely. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. i, in Comedies & Trag. 121 I like her shrewdly; I hate a wench that is all Whore and no Company. 6. See shrewd adj. 14, 10b. a. qualifying suspect, suspicious, guess, fear, mistrust. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > conjecture, guessing > [adverb] > close to the truth shrewdly1559 unhappily1577 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Warwick vi This made the French king shrewdly to suspecte. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 273 I mistrust y^e present case of Democritus so shrewdly. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. F2 Hee gesseth shrewdlie..our intent. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. v. §1 Which may make it shrewdly suspitious that their intent is only to impose on our understandings. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 73 'Tis shrewdly to be mistrusted, that something a great deal further off..has some kind of tamperings here. 1757 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Oct. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2254 I shrewdly suspect, that his Royal Highness has been the dupe of that sentiment. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 288 'Tis shrewdly guessed That Redmond rules the damsel's breast. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xiii. 227 She coined pretexts to go downs tairs, in order, as I shrewdly suspected, to visit the library. †b. qualifying probable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > expressing strong belief surely1523 shrewdly1659 1659 H. More Immortality of Soul ii. i. 120 It is shreudly probable, that fluid perceptive Matter will not fail to find the colours tinctured from one another. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 72 Is it not shrewdly probable, that..Colours are nothing else but a various modification of this motion? 7. a. With keen insight or perception; with shrewd intelligence or discrimination; astutely, sagaciously. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adverb] sharplyc897 redlyc1275 wellc1450 finely1538 aptly1578 acutely1600 shrewdly1600 penetratingly1670 sagaciously1678 penetratively1697 cutely1762 keenly1824 downily1845 percipiently1924 insightfully1932 sharp-wittedly1934 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adverb] > astutely yeplya900 smeighlyc1200 finely1538 shrewdly1600 astuciously18.. knowingly1805 astutely1826 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 73 Cosin you apprehend passing shrewdly . View more context for this quotation 1719 D. Waterland Vindic. Christ's Divinity xxi. 310 The..Author observes, very shrowdly, that..it is to Him a Mystery. 1782 J. Brown Compend. View Nat. & Revealed Relig. i. ii. 35 The Spartans held theft to be innocent, if it was but shrewdly committed. 1825 W. Scott Talisman ix, in Tales Crusaders III. 218 ‘Shrewdly replied,’ said the monarch. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 110 He shrewdly propounded a dilemma which silenced Pomponne and Torcy. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 258 Shrewdly he kept the secret to himself. b. Cleverly, skilfully. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly slylyc1275 sly1370 featly1436 addresslya1500 sleightly?c1510 clean1531 trickly1542 neatlya1547 trick1564 cleanly1583 cleverly1654 clever1664 adroitly1695 adeptly1804 slick1825 shrewdly1851 cleverishly1881 slickly1893 niftily1901 eptly1974 1851 T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered (1872) 194 Many a rough stone..will take a fine polish..if it be shrewdly cut and carefully rubbed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.13..
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