adv. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an astute manner; with keen penetration, shrewdly.
1826. Syd. Smith, Wks. (1867), II. 112. He sets himself to comment astutely upon the circumstances.
1851. Sir F. Palgrave, Norm. & Eng., I. 296. Louis astutely evaded the contest.
