Cleverness
Cleverness noun - Mental skill or quickness.
Usage example: it takes real cleverness to find a way around the rules
Caginess and cleverness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Caginess" instead a noun "Cleverness".
Caginess
Caginess noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: the lawyer's celebrated caginess makes her the first choice of the hopelessly guilty
Cleverness and caginess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleverness" instead a noun "Caginess".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- subtlety and cleverness
- subtlety and caginess
- finesse and cleverness
- finesse and caginess
- dexterity and cleverness
- dexterity and caginess
- adroitness and cleverness
- adroitness and caginess
- artifice and cleverness
- artifice and caginess
- cunning and cleverness
- cunning and caginess
- wit and cleverness
- wit and caginess
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