astuteness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /əˈstutnəs/ (General-American)
- /əˈstjutnəs/ (General-American)
- /əˈst͡ʃuːtnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈstjuːtnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English astute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English astuteness From astute + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The quality of being astute.
And this arose not so much from his greater virtue, nor even his superior style, but from his astuteness in understanding that his frame is best served by custom tailoring.
2006, Nicholas Antongiavanni [pseudonym; Michael Anton], The Suit: A Machiavellian Approach to Men's Style, New York: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 27:Soda was added to an interval pregnant with legal stultifications, and the trooper continued to say nothing till he had taken a swig at his almost neat whisky. It fulfilled its function of humanizing him on the spot, though he refused to concede his astuteness to a mere gulp of liquor.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 161:
Forms
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Translations (34)
it scaltrezza (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · tr kurnazlık (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc trassa (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc reflescia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · tr açıkgözlük (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · it astuzia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · de Gerissenheit (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc astùtzia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · eu azerikeria (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc istucia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · ru кова́рство (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · cs prozíravost (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · ga amhainse (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · es sagacidad (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sdn maltaria (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · fr sagacité (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · fi neuvokkuus (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · cs prohnanost (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · cmn 精明 (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · ru проница́тельность (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc mágna (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc astùtzia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · tr zekilik (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · de Scharfsinn (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · ar دَهَاء (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · cs mazanost (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · pt astúcia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sc rusa (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · de Scharsinnigkeit (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · fr perspicacité (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · ca astúcia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · sdc astùtzia (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · es letra menuda (quality of being astute, also cleverness) · es astucia (quality of being astute, also cleverness)