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Cleverness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Cleverness has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the power of creative imagination

2

intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

3

the property of being ingenious

"a plot of great ingenuity"

"the cleverness of its design"

4

The property of being clever.

See Also
clever dick attorneyism wiliness snazziness brightness clever smart cunning
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
creativity intelligence superiority
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
resource
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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