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Shrewd vs Slyboots - What's the difference?

shrewd | slyboots |

As an adjective shrewd

is showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.

As a noun slyboots is

(chiefly|british) a person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.

shrewd

English

Adjective

(er)
  • showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters
  • artful, tricky or cunning
  • streetwise
  • *
  • knowledgeable
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=November 10 , author=Jeremy Wilson , title=tEngland Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report , work=Telegraph citation , page= , passage=The most persistent tormentor was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who scored a hat-trick in last month’s corresponding fixture in Iceland. His ability to run at defences is instantly striking, but it is his clever use of possession that has persuaded some shrewd judges that he is an even better prospect than Theo Walcott. }}
  • (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.

    Derived terms

    * shrewdly * shrewdness

    slyboots

    English

    Alternative forms

    *sly-boot *sly-boots *slyboot

    Noun

    (slyboots)
  • (chiefly, British) A person who is clever or shrewd, especially one who is stealthy, manipulative, and rather charming.
  • *1857 , , The Virginians , ch. 83:
  • *:"Oh, you slyboots !" says the Countess. "Guess you come after the old lady's money!"
  • *1922 , , Ulysses , episode 15:
  • *:You're such a slyboots , old cocky. I could kiss you.
  • *2004 , , The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana , trans. Geoffrey Brock, Harvest/Harcourt (New York), p. 54:
  • *:This slyboots took me for a ton of money, made me do whatever she wanted.
  • Synonyms

    * artful dodger, con artist, operator, rogue