From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishastuteas‧tute /əˈstjuːt $ əˈstuːt/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる adjectiveINTELLIGENTable to understand situations or behaviour very well and very quickly, especially so that you can get an advantage for yourselfSYN cleveran astute politicianastute investments —astutely adverb —astuteness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusastute• They would think me, if not a genius, then at least astute.• The President's wife is often politically astute, ambitious and very influential in White House policy decisions.• It always annoys me so much the way you girls trot it out like you're saying something so astute and revealing.• An astutebusinessman and virtualworkaholic, he has his finger in more proverbialpuddings than Little Jack Horner.• Each of our senses is a remarkably astutecensor.• The scale of the riots seemed to surprise even the most astutecommentators.• an astutejudge of talent• astutemanagement• Under the surface of an everydayconversation a duel of two astute minds was taking place.• Will they have an astute sense of time, space, design, proportion, ratio, and the like?• Morgan was surprised at how astute she was. "How did you know that?" he asked.• Barley is much too astute to state this baldly, but it informs his every strategy as author.• And even the more astute types, such as Safire, may have their gumshoespointed up the wrong alleys.Originastute(1600-1700)Latinastutus, from astus"skill"