Intelligent
Intelligent adjective - Having or showing quickness of mind.
Rough and intelligent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rough" instead an adjective "Intelligent".
Rough
Rough adjective - Covered with or as if with hair.
Intelligent and rough are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intelligent" instead an adjective "Rough".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Badass Bookworm: Dexter is intelligent, but in the few cases in which he has to get his hands dirty and rough someone up, he can.
Source: Series / Dexter - Kogarashi the Maid Guy in Kamen no Maid Guy reveals that he attended MIT (gives lectures, point of fact) and is quite intelligent, even if his idea of service tends to be a bit rough.
Source: Genius Bruiser / Anime and Manga -
The world is inhabited by intelligent dogs in a rough equivalent of the Copper Age, and humans (and thus the types of dogs they breed) have never existed.
Source: Webcomic / Wurr
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