Definition of Astutest

1. Adjective. (superlative of astute) ¹

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Definition of Astutest

1. astute [adj] - See also: astute

Lexicographical Neighbors of Astutest

astroviruses
astructive
astrut
astucious
astuciously
astucity
astun
astunned
astunning
astuns
astute
astutely
astuteness
astutenesses
astuter
astutest (current term)
astylar
astyllen
astz
asudden
asulam
asunder
asunder(p)
asunderness
asundre
asura
asverin
aswarm
asway

Literary usage of Astutest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical Review of American Politics by Charles Reemelin (1881)
"... and who does not see the satire there was on the American people in the Hoboken duel, when the astutest statesman was killed by a pistol-shot fired by ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"If Charles X of Sweden, one of the astutest statesmen as well as the greatest warrior of his age, in the plenitude of his power considered it not beneath ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"If Charles X of Sweden, one of the astutest statesmen as well as the greatest warrior of his age, in the plenitude of his power considered it not beneath ..."

4. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1903)
"the astutest of Elizabeth's diplomatists, was despatched on his to Scotland in the autumn of 1583. ..."

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