clever
Example Sentences
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The Big Idea at the bottom of it is novel enough, but even though it has real-world precedents, it does inch across the line between clever and goofy.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of the damage of tariffs has been mitigated by lower interest rates, a fall in the value of the dollar, businesses finding clever ways around them, and, crucially, the many exemptions they contain.
From BBC
It’s a monstrous idea and also a clever one — not that Man-su and Park were the first to think of it.
From Los Angeles Times
But Neville believe it would be "clever" for the club to wait until the summer to name a permanent manager.
From BBC
We’ve already seen how porous the line is between shortcuts deemed clever and those dismissed as lazy, often determined less by effort than by packaging.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
