Associations to the word «Cleverness»

Wiktionary

CLEVERNESS, noun. The property of being clever.
CLEVERNESS, noun. Something clever, or done cleverly.

Dictionary definition

CLEVERNESS, noun. The power of creative imagination.
CLEVERNESS, noun. Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty.
CLEVERNESS, noun. The property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats