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Definition of Astuter
1. astute [adj] - See also: astute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astuter
Literary usage of Astuter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"In nothing had Mohammad shown astuter statesmanship than in his dealings with
the Greek Church. He knew the "Romaic" language well, and had sounded the ..."
2. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1872)
"... gilt and plush—the porcelain spit- ' toons and the barbaric upholstery, while
the astuter Caucasian ' clings to the solider and more durable advantages. ..."
3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... to cheat small tradesmen, to Ы- the victim of astuter sharpers : to be niggardly
and reckless, and as destitute of honesty as the people who cheated him ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1849)
"Пи-, confidant, Peacock, suggested from his stage experience the outlines of a
plot, to which Vivian's astuter intellect instantly gave tangibility and ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"... of death-dealing accidents through which we recently have come, as well as
the tendency of all our railroads to concentrate into ever fewer, astuter, ..."
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