Example Sentences

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Yes, and in fact by tweeting this out, Cleverly himself — rather uncleverly — gave them even more publicity.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022

I don’t recall my reply, but I know that I answered abruptly and uncleverly, and then the interview was over.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 8, 2019

Well, that slap in the face to us is not altogether uncleverly or unfoundedly directed.

From Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by Westgarth, William