[sav-ee] 
verb, -vied, -vy⋅ing, noun, adjective, -vi⋅er, -vi⋅est. Informal.| 1. | to know; understand. |
| 2. | Also, sav⋅vi⋅ness. practical understanding; shrewdness or intelligence; common sense: a candidate who seemed to have no political savvy. |
| 3. | shrewdly informed; experienced and well-informed; canny. |
| sav·vy (sāv'ē) adj. sav·vi·er, sav·vi·est Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: savvy Washington insiders. n. Practical understanding or shrewdness: a banker known for financial savvy. tr. & intr.v. sav·vied (sāv'ēd), sav·vy·ing, sav·vies (sāv'ēz) To understand; comprehend. [From Spanish sabe (usted), (you) know, from saber, to know, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *sapēre, from Latin sapere, to be wise; see sep- in Indo-European roots.] sav'vi·ly adv. |
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