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 Translation for 'cleverness' from English to French
NOUN   cleverness | -
SYNO brightness | cleverness | ingeniousness | ...
astuce {f}cleverness
sagesse {f}cleverness
ingéniosité {f}cleverness
roublardise {f} [caractère]cleverness
vivacité {f} d'espritcleverness [quick-wittedness]
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Usage Examples English
  • On 7 December 1903 in Peoria, Illinois, he defeated Jim Kenney in a four-round decision. Griffo showed great speed and cleverness according to the referee, Tom Dunn.
  • The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars stating "This album is not for Sunday afternoon relaxation, but its obvious playfulness make its more discordant elements eminently tolerable, even amusing in their cleverness".
  • Eleanor had five children, including the future King Edward I of England. She also was renowned for her cleverness, skill at writing poetry, and as a leader of fashion.
  • There are variants in which it is a male that defies the king with his cleverness, such as a tale from Saint Martin, collected by anthropologist Elsie Clews Parsons.
  • Little is known of his appearance, although he was described by Gerald of Wales as tall and handsome. Gerald also praised his intelligence and cleverness.

  • In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness.
  • The term "engineering" is derived from the Latin "ingenium", meaning "cleverness" and "ingeniare", meaning "to contrive, devise".
  • "Variety" called "Easy Living" a "poor imitation "My Man Godfrey", adding that "the latter, this one lacks spontaneity and cleverness".
  • Andromache having taken alarm at a vision in her dream, hides away her son in his father's tomb. Ulysses in his cleverness discovers where he is, and drags him forth to meet his death.
  • Holmes is impressed at Irene's cleverness in hiding the photograph and can't help bursting out in laughter at the failed attempts of the king, making the king angry.

  • With his vibrant drawing style he expertly comments on today's issues with cleverness and charm.
  • "Hitman: Sniper" was met with generally favorable reviews. Some reviewers praised the cleverness and minimalism of its puzzle design, but wanted more variety from its activity-dense scenarios.
  • In the "Illuminatus! Trilogy", Wilson expresses the same view, saying that one can find numerological significance in anything, provided that one has "sufficient cleverness".
  • The titles of the movie received praise for their cleverness. Indeed, one reviewer though the titles were funnier than the actual sequences themselves.
  • We are invited to admire Gretel's cleverness in outwitting her master; or we may feel sorry for him while his cook steals from him and loses him a friend, no doubt damaging his reputation at the same time.

  • Edward Foss wrote of him that "no judge ever sat on the bench who displayed greater learning, cleverness and discrimination; nor whose judgments have ever been so undisputed.
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