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noun
- 1. the quality of being clever; ingenuity or shrewdness: "people marveled at his cleverness" Similar Opposite
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CLEVERNESS definition: 1. ability to understand and learn quickly and easily 2. intelligent design: 3. ability to…. Learn more.
CLEVERNESS meaning: 1. ability to understand and learn quickly and easily 2. intelligent design: 3. ability to…. Learn more.
Cleverness is the quality someone has when they're funny and smart or inventive. If you're wise and witty, your cleverness is likely to make school a breeze.
The meaning of CLEVER is skillful or adroit in using the hands or body : nimble. How to use clever in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Clever.
Definition of cleverness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Synonyms for CLEVERNESS: ability, prowess, talent, finesse, proficiency, aptitude, dexterity, competence; Antonyms of CLEVERNESS: incompetence, ineptitude, inadequacy, ineptness, incompetency, density, stupidity, obtuseness
Someone who is clever is intelligent and able to understand things easily or plan things well. He's a very clever man. My sister was always a lot cleverer than I was. Her mother was clever at many things. She would cleverly pick up on what I said. Her cleverness seems to get in the way of her emotions.
Mentally quick and original; bright: a clever student. b. Skilled at accomplishing things, especially with the hands: a clever carpenter. c. Crafty; cunning: "a hard-working kid who rose from poverty, only to be duped by rich, clever bankers" (Jeff Goodell). 2. a. Exhibiting ingenuity or imagination; creative or artful: a clever experiment. b.
The earliest known use of the noun cleverness is in the mid 1700s. OED's earliest evidence for cleverness is from 1755, in a dictionary by Samuel Johnson, author and lexicographer. cleverness is formed within English, by derivation.
cleverness: The quality of being clever; quickness of intellect or mechanical dexterity; adroitness; skill; ingenuity; intelligence.
