cleverest
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One night, the five decide to bestow their honorific on Ticky, whom they consider “the cleverest of us all because you can tell the exact time without looking at a clock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A self-described “millennial comedian,” Morrison doesn’t strike me as the cleverest crafter of jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
They snap up the cleverest and most devious communicators to craft their messages, offering salaries no one else can afford.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024
Another says Reeves "is normally the cleverest person in the room", and that she does not blag.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2024
J. S. Bach was probably the cleverest composer who ever lived, but he gave his performers almost no detailed instructions as to how they might play his sublime music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
