Adjective

(er)

showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters

artful, tricky or cunning

streetwise

*

knowledgeable

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(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.

* 1599 ,

LEONATO. By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.

Adjective

(er)

Lascivious, sexually promiscuous, rude.

* 2014 August 11, , " Robin Williams, Oscar-Winning Comedian, Dies at 63 in Suspected Suicide," New York Times

Onstage he was known for ricochet riffs on politics, social issues and cultural matters both high and low; tales of drug and alcohol abuse; lewd commentaries on relations between the sexes; and lightning-like improvisations on anything an audience member might toss at him.

(obsolete) Lay; not clerical.

* Sir J. Davies

So these great clerks their little wisdom show / To mock the lewd , as learn'd in this as they.

(obsolete) Uneducated.

(obsolete) Vulgar, common; typical of the lower orders.

* Bible, Acts xvii. 5.

But the Jews, which believed not, and assaulted the house of Jason.

* Southey

Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief.

(obsolete) Base, vile, reprehensible.