1. the quality of being intelligent and able to learn or understand things quickly
2. skill in achieving one’s aims by deceit or evasion
Usage: often implies cunning or trickery

Examples

• Her cleverness in mathematics impressed all her teachers.
• The student’s cleverness helped him solve the puzzle quickly.
• I admired the cleverness of the author’s plot twist.
• The fox’s cleverness allowed it to escape from the trap.
• His cleverness in avoiding the question made everyone suspicious.
• The cleverness of the design made the machine very efficient.
• She used her cleverness to find a creative solution to the problem.