astutely

Meanings

• adverb

  Showing a keen understanding and sensitivity in dealing with a situation.

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with astutely
cautely , hastily , astoningly , mastodonely

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Variants

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astute , astutely , astuteness , astutenesses , astuter , astutest

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Etymology

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From the Old French word astut, meaning 'clever, cunning, or shrewd'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'astutely' comes from the Old French word astut, which means 'clever, cunning, or shrewd'.

2. The word 'astutely' has been used in English since the late 15th century.

3. In chess, an astute player is one who makes clever and shrewd moves to outmaneuver their opponent.

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1. shrewdness: The ability to make good judgments based on experience and observation.

2. cleverness: The ability to learn and understand things quickly and easily.

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Quotes

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1. We thought they were not very intellectually "astute", but we didn't really understand how political a lot of what they were doing was.

   - Ben Wallace-Wells,{it}Rolling Stone{/it},15 Nov. 2007

2. He asked "astute" diagnosticians around the country how they approached and cracked difficult diagnoses and what happened when they failed. Misdiagnosis is not an insignificant problem: Groopman cites a finding that between one in six and one in seven patients is incorrectly assessed.

   - Ruth Levy Guyer,{it}Wilson Quarterly{/it},Summer 2007

3. And finally, even if she had never actually uttered the bon mot that would be famously attributed to her, that if she had two heads, she would risk one in the king's service, could the "astute" young duchess actually have had input into the implausible negotiations?

   - Harvey Rachlin,{it}Scandals, Vandals, and Da Vincis{/it},2007

4. Focusing largely upon Western alchemy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, she has a sharp eye for how alchemical images surface in literature of that period. Readers of Ben Jonson, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare will find illuminating insights. Abraham reveals the far reaches of her "astute" literary intelligence by analyzing alchemical imagery encoded in a broad range of works, from Chaucer and Milton to Vladimir Nabokov and P. G. Wodehouse.

   - Norman Weinstein,{it}Parabola{/it},November 1999

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Culture

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In literature, 'astutely' is often used to describe characters who are clever or shrewd in their actions and decision-making. For example, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Polonius is described as a man 'whose verbosity is the only eloquence he knows' but who is also 'astutely wise' in his manipulations.

How to Memorize "astutely"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person making a quick, clever decision in a difficult situation.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'astutely' with the concept of quick, clever decision-making.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in 'astutely' to help remember the definition: 'A Smart Tactician Understands Thoroughly Excellent Leadership'.

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