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Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold. Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air. Hamlet: What hour now? –Hamlet, William Shakespeare Based on the context, what is the best definition of shrewdly as it is used in these lines? thoughtfully quickly cleverly sharply

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Sharply, because the air bit him sharply
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The best definition of shrewdly as it is used in these lines is:

  • D. Sharply

Based on the given text, we can see that there is the narration about how the air bit sharply while Hamlet was outside in the cold and how he has a dialogue with Horatio.

Connotative words

With this in mind, we can see that the best definition of the word "shrewdly" as used in the excerpt is sharply because it describes how the air hit him with fierceness while he was outside.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D

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