cleverness
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St Mirren character, St Mirren cleverness, St Mirren glory - all there in black and white and in fantastic technicolour too.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
Stoppard’s cleverness, while the source of his fame and prestige, was intimidating to some and off-putting to others.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
The fights and chases are semi-effective, but there’s such a startling lack of cleverness that it’s as if the filmmakers took “Idiocracy” as a guide rather than a warning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 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
And Will said out of his experience, “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. We can try it anyway. What do you all think?”
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing cleverness
"The Experiment" and "Superstition"
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