cleverness
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Mr. Cregger is a successor to Mr. Carpenter also, but with more comedic finesse and more cleverness, plus a facility for sinuous plotting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
“Influencers,” like its predecessor, was written and directed by the Canadian Kurtis David Harder, whose cleverness is as abundant as the body count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
Her performance is just one of many surprises that highlight the show’s ability to flaunt its cleverness without smothering it in celebrity schmaltz.
From Salon ● May 8, 2025
With all their cleverness they had never mastered the secret of finding out what another human being was thinking.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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