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Shrewdly vs Swiftly - What's the difference?

shrewdly | swiftly |

As adverbs the difference between shrewdly and swiftly

is that shrewdly is in a shrewd manner while swiftly is in a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.

shrewdly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a shrewd manner.
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  • *:Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

    • swiftly

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a swift manner; quickly; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Bulgaria 0-3 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Gary Cahill, a target for Arsenal and Tottenham before the transfer window closed, put England ahead early on and Rooney was on target twice before the interval as the early hostility of the Bulgarian supporters was swiftly subdued.}}

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