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cluefulness

UK/ˈkluːˌfʌl.nəs/

cluefulness noun: the state of being clueful, knowledgeable.

Noun

cluefulness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being clueful, knowledgeable
    • Major Peter had the qualities making for a great leader of a Fighter Squadron, utter sincerity of purpose, high personal courage, and those general attributes of air-leadership consolidated in the pilot’s word, “cluefulness”1952, Roger Vee, Vivian Voss, The story of No. 1 Squadron S.A.A.F., sometime known as the Billy Boys, page 177
    • Jon used to complain that not enough people wanted towrite these: “All the clueful writers want to write about stuff that displays their cluefulness,” he once told me.2002, Jon Orwant, “Foreword”, in Computer science & Perl programming, →ISBN, page xi

Antonyms of cluefulness

Origin of cluefulness

* clueful + -ness

Questions about cluefulness

What does cluefulness mean?
Cluefulness means the state of being clueful, knowledgeable.
What part of speech is cluefulness?
Cluefulness is a noun.
How do you pronounce cluefulness?
Cluefulness is pronounced /ˈkluːˌfʌl.nəs/ (UK).

Words near cluefulness in the dictionary

  1. clued in
  2. clued up
  3. clued-in
  4. clueful
  5. cluefully
  6. cluefulness
  7. clueing
  8. clueing up
  9. clueless
  10. cluelessly
  11. cluelessness

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