shrewd russian

• хи́трый

  sly, cunning, crafty, wily

  clever, smart, shrewd

  intricate, tricky, ingenious

• практи́чный

  practical, level-headed, shrewd, businesslike

  practical, serviceable, usable, hard-wearing

• проница́тельный

  perceptive, perspicacious, acute, shrewd

• ушлый

  cunning, shrewd

• кру́ченный

  twisted, spun, braided, curled

  curved, spinning, with spin

  tricky, cunning, shrewd

• про́йда

  slicker, cunning person, shrewd person, old hand

• и́тар

  sly, cunning, crafty

  shrewd, quick-witted, prudent

• до́шлый

  cunning, shrewd, crafty, resourceful

  experienced, seasoned, who has been through it all

• навострённый

  sharpened, whetted, honed

  pricked up (ears), alert, attentive

  sharp (mind), cunning, shrewd, astute

• отёртый

  shrewd, experienced, worldly-wise, slick

• просёкший

  astute, shrewd, having realized, having understood

• просечённый

  cleared, cut through, blazed

  perforated, punched

  savvy, street-smart, shrewd, experienced

• проницательно

  perceptively, keenly, shrewdly, sagaciously

• дога́дливость

  quickness of apprehension, shrewdness, penetration, acumen

• лука́вость

  guile, craftiness, deceitfulness

  slyness, shrewdness, cunning

  archness, roguishness, playfulness

Examples

• Он хи́трый и расчётливый.

  He is shrewd and calculating.

• Том был проница́тельным бизнесме́ном и его компа́ния непрерывно развива́лась день ото дня.

  Tom was a shrewd businessman and his company went from strength to strength.

• Том расчётливый бизнесме́н.

  Tom is a shrewd businessman.

• Он очень дошлый малый, всё понимает быстро

  He’s a very shrewd fellow; he understands everything quickly.

• Дошлые торговцы всегда найдут способ обмануть

  Shrewd traders will always find a way to deceive people.

• Наш новый сосед оказался дошлым человеком

  Our new neighbor turned out to be a shrewd man.

• Будь догадливым и найди решение сам.

  Be shrewd and find the solution yourself.

• Ушлые торговцы обманывают простых покупателей каждый день.

  Shrewd traders deceive ordinary customers every day.

• Она была пронырливой и находила выгоду везде.

  She was shrewd and found a way to profit from everything.

• Благодаря догадливости она быстро нашла выход.

  Thanks to her shrewdness, she quickly found a way out.

• Он проницательно угадал причину её молчания.

  He shrewdly guessed the reason for her silence.