Cleverness
Cleverness noun - Mental skill or quickness.
Usage example: it takes real cleverness to find a way around the rules
Slickness and cleverness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slickness" instead a noun "Cleverness".
Slickness
Slickness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: we were both impressed and outraged by the expert slickness with which the swindler fooled us
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Synonyms for Slickness
Cleverness and slickness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleverness" instead a noun "Slickness".
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Related pairs
- skill and cleverness
- skill and slickness
- subtlety and cleverness
- subtlety and slickness
- finesse and cleverness
- finesse and slickness
- dexterity and cleverness
- dexterity and slickness
- adroitness and cleverness
- adroitness and slickness
- brightness and cleverness
- brightness and slickness
- brilliance and cleverness
- brilliance and slickness
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