Clever
Clever adjective - Showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing.
Intense and clever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intense" instead an adjective "Clever".
Nearby Words: cleverness, cleverly
Both words in one sentence
- Danny Phantom: Danny Fenton while portrayed to be resourceful and clever in intense situations, is the standard C-student male teenage protagonist commonly seen in shows with High School settings.
Source: Book Dumb - This fic is much more than a simple angst-fest - it has a fair number of twists, clever world-building, intense action scenes and excellent humor to lighten the mood.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Undertale -
He also employs clever tactics, advanced constructs, and sophisticated attacks as standard, but as a result he is easily flustered by direct, intense pressure that doesn't give him time to think or plan.
Source: Fanfic / With This Ring
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