cleverness
- a word derived from clever.
Example Sentences
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Cleverness, determination and luck had left Soon-Shiong with enormous wealth–we put his current net worth at $12 billion.
From Forbes • Sep. 10, 2014
Cleverness, particularly for someone as clever as David, is the hardest thing to give up.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2011
Cleverness was the name of the new requirement, and Jimaboy's gift was glaringly sentimental.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
Cleverness was, of course, the most admirable of all traits: but cleverness was not at the top of things, and never had been.
From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch
Cleverness, refinement, fancy, and invention, even sublety of intellect, are practically nowhere in this sphere without this.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
