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savvy
UK /ˈsæv.i/ US /ˈsæv.i/
adj 1verb 1noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
verb
1
To understand.
He's probably a perfect technician as a surgeon, but he knows you get only what you grab. Think of the years it's taken me to learn what he savvied all the time!
noun
1
Shrewdness.
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