astuto
clever ; shrewd ; wily ; streetwise [street-wise] ; astute ; skilful [skillful, -USA] ; cunning ; crafty ; shifty ; canny ; artful ; sly ; tricky ; foxy .
It is readily possible to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits.
Payment is very important and can be a problem so the businessman needs to be streetwise and shrewd with a good business acumen.
But he was wiry and wily, too, and he could often out-run, track, back-track, double-back, and finally dodge unseen in the subway.
And because it refuses to express itself in the kind of language we have to assume would be natural to Slake himself slangy, staccato, flip, street-wise we are forced into the position of observing him rather than feeling at one with him.
It requires an extraordinarily astute librarian to uncover this shortcoming at the interview stage.
The acquisition of these materials is a skilful job demanding the sort of dedication that a housewife brings to the running of her home.
The article 'Collection development policies: a cunning plan' looks at the value of collection development policy statements and what they can and cannot do.
Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards = Crafty! He wanted nothing to do with the straitjacket of guidelines and so-called standards.
'Client' has overtones of shifty lawyers and overpaid realtors.
The principles behind successful commercial Web sites (clear mission, valuable content, clean design and canny publicity) can be applied by academics in establishing non-profit Web sites.
She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
You must be a bit sly sometimes to succeed in the world.
She was tricky and she had the house keys first and when I got to the house all her stuff was in the big room and she 'bagsed' it first.
This is an interesting way of rigging the system and such foxy tactics can be played in many other places.
ser más astuto que [Literalmente significa "ser más listo que"]
outfox
outwit
outsmart
It also led to a continuing guerilla war between the authorities and caricaturists who sought to evade, outfox, or entirely defy them.
Two dangerous trysts are spied upon by a third and hostile party, whose presence is detected by the lovers who act in consort to outwit him.
Smart and speedy start-ups blindside mature companies with their inventiveness then grow up into mature companies and are outsmarted in their turn.
tan astuto como un zorro
as sly as a fox
as wily as a fox
She was in trouble and wanted to marry a fortune and save the whole family - as sly as a fox.
As the saying goes, 'Be as innocent as a lamb, and as wily as a fox' - shrewdness is a valuable attribute in this cutthroat world.
