Cleverness
Cleverness noun - Mental skill or quickness.
Usage example: it takes real cleverness to find a way around the rules
Sneakiness and cleverness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sneakiness" instead a noun "Cleverness".
Sneakiness
Sneakiness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: she was impressed by the sneakiness with which they had planned the surprise party
Cleverness and sneakiness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleverness" instead a noun "Sneakiness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- subtlety and cleverness
- subtlety and sneakiness
- art and cleverness
- art and sneakiness
- artifice and cleverness
- artifice and sneakiness
- cunning and cleverness
- cunning and sneakiness
- astuteness and cleverness
- astuteness and sneakiness
- craft and cleverness
- craft and sneakiness
- shrewdness and cleverness
- shrewdness and sneakiness
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