At least he had now a pretty shrewd idea as to the character and capabilities of the people with whom he had to deal.
Money mad - but also a pretty shrewd character.
That was pretty shrewd, I thought, using the title of the office rather than the candidate's name, and downplaying the running mate.
This man Small is a pretty shrewd fellow.
Then he remembered all the energy being produced during the final braking, and had a pretty shrewd guess at the sequence of events.
"This princess sounds pretty shrewd to me, not at all romantic," I said.
He's pretty shrewd, he said he reckoned it might be some time before you felt like getting one for yourself.
Maybe be didn't even realize it himself, but I used to be pretty shrewd about such things.
Gerard was a pretty shrewd man, who knew what his chances were, and frankly, he was preparing to die.
Zilla may do a lot of rough talking, but she's pretty shrewd.