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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Italian hand, ability, acuity, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, aptitude, aptness, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, astuteness, braininess, bravura, brightness, brilliance, cageyness, callidity, canniness, capability, capacity, clear thinking, command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, cunning, cunningness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, docility, educability, efficiency, esprit, expertise, facetiousness, facility, fine Italian hand, finesse, flair, foxiness, funniness, gamesmanship, genius, giftedness, gifts, grace, grip, guile, handiness, horsemanship, humorousness, impressionability, ingeniousness, ingenuity, insidiousness, intelligence, inventiveness, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen-wittedness, keenness, know-how, malleability, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, mental alertness, mercurial mind, moldability, motivation, native cleverness, nimble mind, nimble-wittedness, nimbleness, nous, one-upmanship, plasticity, pleasantry, pliability, practical ability, proficiency, prowess, pungency, quick parts, quick thinking, quick wit, quick-wittedness, quickness, readiness, ready wit, receptivity, resource, resourcefulness, saltiness, satanic cunning, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, sharp-wittedness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness, slipperiness, slyness, smartness, smarts, sneakiness, sophistry, sprightly wit, stealth, stealthiness, style, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, susceptibility, tact, tactfulness, talent, teachability, teachableness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, trainableness, trickiness, virtuosity, wariness, wiles, wiliness, willingness, wit, wittiness, wizardry, workmanship

Dictionary Results for cleverness:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

cleverness
    n 1: the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness,
         ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness]
    2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn:
       brightness, cleverness, smartness]
    3: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity";
       "the cleverness of its design" [syn: ingenuity,
       ingeniousness, cleverness]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cleverness \Clev"er*ness\, n.
   The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

   Syn: See Ingenuity.
        [1913 Webster]

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