clever-cleveradjective
uk/ˈklev.əˌklev.ər/us/ˈklev.ɚˌklev.ɚ/UK informal disapprovingtrying too hard to seem clever:
I wish Jon would make some constructive proposals instead of just making clever-clever remarks.
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Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agile
- apt
- artful
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- brilliance
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- ingenious
- ingenuity
- profound
- quick-witted
- razor-sharp
- ready
- resource
- resourceful
- resourcefulness
- scholarly
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Showing arrogance and conceit