savvily

In clever fashion

Savvily means in a shrewd or practically intelligent way, showing good judgment about how things work: She savvily negotiated a better contract.

The word suggests street smarts or strategic awareness rather than book learning: He savvily avoided the tourist traps.

shrewdness

shrewdly

With keen discernment

cunningly · calculatingly · strategically · tactically · perceptively · sharply · keenly · insightfully · discerningly · judiciously

cunning

slyly

In a crafty manner

artfully · deceptively · manipulatively · scheming · deviously · underhandedly · slipperily · stealthily · subtly · guilefully

expertise

knowledgeably

With demonstrated expertise

capably · adeptly · masterfully · professionally · learnedly · sophisticatedly · financially · commercially · entrepreneurially

Opposites
practical intelligence/shrewdness

savvilyfoolishly

In an unwise manner

stupidly · idiotically · unintelligently · witlessly · unwisely

worldly experience/sophistication

savvilynaively

Without experience or cynicism

innocently · gullibly · credulously · unsophisticatedly · greenly

Family

savviest, savvier, savviness

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G