Synonyms:
inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
Meaning: the power of creative imagination
Usage examples
She had never boasted either beauty or cleverness.
She had never boasted either beauty or cleverness.
Man's cleverness is almost indefinite, and stretches like an elastic band, but human nature is like an iron ring.
On the contrary, he is capable of being trained into remarkable cleverness, as circus proprietors have discovered.
But you are not going to escape me so easily. In three hours you shall come here and give me another proof of your cleverness.
"Now, that is what I call real cleverness," said the Scarecrow, approvingly. "I wonder my brains did not think of that long ago!
At all of them Mr. Redmain laughed heartily, and applauded their cleverness extravagantly, though some of them were downright swindling.
It is probable that half the general average cleverness of men is due to their having learned, as boys, games, or the art of making something, or mending and repairing.
Her cleverness gave him no trouble, and, indeed, he liked to see her reading poetry or something about social questions; it distinguished her from the wives of other men.
As soon as the sun rose the prince entered the palace, and held out the apple to his father, who was rejoiced to see it, and praised his youngest son heartily for his cleverness.