Clever
Clever adjective - Having or showing quickness of mind.
Usage example: a clever student figured out a trick to do the assignment faster
Reasonable and clever are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasonable" instead an adjective "Clever".
Nearby Words: cleverness, cleverly
Reasonable
Reasonable adjective - According to the rules of logic.
Clever and reasonable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Clever" instead an adjective "Reasonable".
Both words in one sentence
- A clever writer can come up with reasonable explanations and handwaves for the discrepancies, though.
Source: Wrong Context Magic - Clever enough authors will code in all sorts of clever responses to strange things you might try, and will make sure every reasonable synonym is included so you won't have too much trouble guessing the verb.
Source: Text Parser -
Possibly subverted in that the girls, especially Blossom are fairly clever themselves, not to mention the (largely) harmless and Reasonable Authority Figure Professor Utonium.
Source: Brains: Evil; Brawn: Good
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