"cleverness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈklɛvɚnəs/ [General-American], /ˈklɛvənəs/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-cleverness.wav Forms: clevernesses [plural]
Etymology: From clever + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|clever|-ness}} clever + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cleverness (countable and uncountable, plural clevernesses)
  1. The property of being clever. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cleverness-en-noun-EY~43gh3
  2. Something clever, or done cleverly. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-cleverness-en-noun-AGt6NXJ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cunning, acumen Translations (being clever, mentally sharp): δεξιότης (dexiótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), интелигентност (inteligentnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), chytrost [feminine] (Czech), 𐍃𐌽𐌿𐍄𐍂𐌴𐌹 (snutrei) [feminine] (Gothic), aibíocht [feminine] (Irish), abúlacht [feminine] (Irish), dyktighet [common-gender] (Norwegian Bokmål), deșteptăciune [feminine] (Romanian), inteligență [feminine] (Romanian), tapadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), gliocas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), inteligencia [feminine] (Spanish), habilidad [feminine] (Spanish), listeza [feminine] (Spanish), agudeza [feminine] (Spanish), ingenio [masculine] (Spanish), vivacidad [feminine] (Spanish), astucia [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'being clever, mentally sharp': 50 50

Inflected forms

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