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# cleverness

noun (cleverness, uncountable)

«cleverness» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Cleverness is being clever: being quick to learn, understand and think of good ideas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#m1)
2. Cleverness can also mean being tricky or cunning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories cleverness often wins over strength: a small character uses cleverness to beat a giant. In school, cleverness is praised, but effort matters too. Phrases: through cleverness, show cleverness, the cleverness of the plan.

### Examples

- The mouse escaped from the cat through cleverness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x1)
- Everyone admired the cleverness of her idea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x2)
- His cleverness helped the team win the quiz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x3)
- Cleverness is useful, but kindness matters more. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x4)
- The cleverness of the trick surprised us all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x5)
- In fairy tales, the youngest child often wins by cleverness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x6)
- And he sat and scratched his head, and thought about his own cleverness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no «a», no plural. Built from «clever» + «-ness». Close in meaning to «intelligence» and «wit»; «cunning» suggests tricking people.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cleverness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverness/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cleverness» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cleverness.html) on Mova free.