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- Middle English · inherited fromshreuli
- English todayshrewly
From Middle English shreuli, schrewelich, equivalent to shrew + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: In a shrewish manner, shrewdly, sharply. Full definition →
From Middle English shreuli, schrewelich, equivalent to shrew + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.