cleverness
Syllables: clev·er·nessUK/ˈklɛvənəs//ˈklɛvɚnəs/
cleverness noun: the property of being clever.
Noun
cleverness (countable and uncountable, plural clevernesses)
- The property of being clever.
- 1. Stuckism is the quest for authenticity. By removing the mask of cleverness and admitting where we are, the Stuckist allows him/herself uncensored expression.2011, Billy Childish, Charles Thomson, “The Stuckist Manifesto”, in Alex Danchev, editor, 100 Artists' Manifestos: From the Futurists to the Stuckists, Penguin, →ISBN
- Something clever, or done cleverly.
cleverness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
cleverness in Hindi
- cleverness
- हिकमत hikmat
cleverness in Tamil
- சாமர்த்தியம், கெட்டித்தனம், சமத்து, சாதுரியம், தந்திரம், புத்திக்கூர்மை
cleverness in Urdu
- cleverness
- حکمت hikmat
cleverness in Telugu
- cleverness, ability
- గట్టితనము gaṭṭitanamu
- cleverness, skilfulness
- ప్రావీణ్యము prāvīṇyamu
More languagesFewer languages
- cleverness in Malayalam
- കൗശലം kauśalaṁ
- cleverness in Kannada
- ಚಾಲಾಕು cālāku
- cleverness in Gujarati
- આગમણ āgamaṇ
- cleverness in Sanskrit
- कुशल kúśala
- cleverness in Assamese
- বুদ্ধি buddhi
Examples of cleverness in a sentence
- People impute great cleverness to cats.
- Metroidvanias are an inherently clever genre, and the cleverness can sometimes sap a little of the energy.
- The fossil fuel experience has made us dangerously confident about our cleverness and dominance over nature.
Forms of cleverness
| plural | clevernesses |
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Origin of cleverness
From clever + -ness.
Questions about cleverness
- What does cleverness mean?
- Cleverness means the property of being clever.
- What is cleverness in Hindi?
- Cleverness in Hindi is हिकमत (hikmat). See Cleverness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cleverness?
- Cleverness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cleverness?
- Cleverness is pronounced /ˈklɛvɚnəs/ (US).
- What is the plural of cleverness?
- The plural of cleverness is clevernesses.
Words near cleverness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cleverness (page history and authors); हिकमत (Hindi) (page history and authors); cleverness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); حکمت (Urdu) (page history and authors); గట్టితనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); കൗശലം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಚಾಲಾಕು (Kannada) (page history and authors); આગમણ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); कुशल (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); বুদ্ধি (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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