Definition of Cleverish

1. a. Somewhat clever.

Definition of Cleverish

1. Adjective. (colloquial) Quite clever. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cleverish

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cleverish

cleugh
cleughs
cleve
cleveite
cleveites
clever
clever-clever
clever arse
clever clogs
cleverality
cleverclogs
cleverer
cleverest
cleverish (current term)
cleverishness
cleverly
cleverness
clevernesses
cleves
clevis
clevis pin
clevises
clew
clew-garnet
clew-garnets
clewed
clewing
clewless

Literary usage of Cleverish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1856)
"Victor said to himself that this was the assembly •which would appreciate him ; and he was right—the assembly did appreciate him, as a cleverish young man, ..."

2. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1903)
"... It was written by cleverish young men with a certain fund of humour for other cleverish young men with an adequate sense of the ridiculous. ..."

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