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cleverness
Variant of clever
adjective
- skillful in doing something; adroit; dexterous
- quick in thinking or learning; intelligent, ingenious, quick-witted, witty, facile, etc.
- showing ingenuity or quick, sometimes superficial, intelligence: a clever book
- Dialectal
- amiable; good-natured
- handsome, convenient, nice, etc.
Related Forms:
- cleverly adverb
- cleverness noun
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