smartness

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And what's thought of as nuisance behaviour is a sign of their smartness and social learning skills.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2024

“Bjorkstrand, I think he’s been a little snakebit and he’s playing a little better than his numbers probably indicate. I really like his smartness and his stickwork and a lot of things.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023

“I can’t measure her smartness, but she’s curious, and I think it’s the way of being smart,” said Maciej Ryszczuk, Swiatek’s fitness trainer and physiotherapist.

From New York Times • May 24, 2022

“We have a vaccine for that smartness virus that’s been in the art world for the last fifty years.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

The strange boy had none of the bustling smartness of the usual Boston apprentice.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes