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Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.
Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air.
Hamlet: What hour now?
–Hamlet,
William Shakespeare
Based on the context, what is the best definition of shrewdly as it is used in these lines?
thoughtfully
quickly
cleverly
sharply
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Here "shrewdly" uses the older sense meaning keenly or biting — the air "bites" in a sharp, piercing way (supported by Horatio's "nipping and an eager air").
Here "shrewdly" uses the older sense meaning keenly or biting — the air "bites" in a sharp, piercing way (supported by Horatio's "nipping and an eager air").
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