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Definition of savvy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

savvy

adjective
 
/ˈsævi/
 
/ˈsævi/
(comparative savvier, superlative savviest)
(informal)
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  1. having practical knowledge and understanding of something; having common sense
    • savvy shoppers
    • Most of his clients were financially savvy enough to know a good deal when they saw one.
    see also media-savvy, tech-savvy
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySavvy is used with these nouns:
    • buyer
    • investor
    • shopper
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: originally black and pidgin English imitating Spanish sabe usted ‘you know’.
See savvy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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