savvy
adjective
experienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
savvied
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past participleof savvy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof savvy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
savvyadjectiveexperienced, knowledgable, and well-informed; shrewd (often used in combination): a tech-savvy entrepreneur.
Example Sentences
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And say, even if I couldn't have savvied a word, that smile would have been enough.
From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford
That's about how he would have put it aboard ship, but he hadn't quite savvied this shore-going chief clerk at his elbow.
From Wide Courses by James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
They savvied he'd aimed to make suckers out of 'em, an' they dumped him.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
"All ther same, ther Second should have savvied enough not to have slung you hoff ther look-hout."
From The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson
Soapy was drove at last to readin' a chapter, so 'e could make out 'e savvied something of it.'
From Between the Lines by Boyd Cable
