Using Context to Determine Meaning
Based on the content, what is the best definition of
shrewdly as it is used in these lines?
Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold,
Horatio. It is a nippíry, and an enger air,
Hamlet: What hour now
-Hamlet,
William Shakespeare
thoughtfully
quickly
cleverly
sharply

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