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sav·vy    (sv) KEY   Informal

ADJECTIVE:
sav·vi·er , sav·vi·est

Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: savvy Washington insiders.

NOUN:

Practical understanding or shrewdness: a banker known for financial savvy.

tr. & intr.v.
sav·vied   (svd) KEY  , sav·vy·ing , sav·vies   (svz) KEY  

To understand; comprehend.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Spanish sabe (usted), (you) know, from saber, to know, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *sapre, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
savvi·ly (Adverb)

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