cleverish

adjective

Definition of cleverishnext
as in useful

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  1. useful
  2. original
  3. practical
  4. convenient
  5. adventurous
  6. fresh
  7. neat
  8. handy
Adjective
  • But the technology is also useful for national security, and those applications don’t require the same level of power-generating fusion success that the electrical grid does.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While titles can be a useful metric, there seems to be an epidemic of women being promoted to partner without real power.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of useful
Adjective
  • The original owners were vaudevillians who had a mind-reading act and were passionately into the occult.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The new record is the closest that the two have come to infusing their distinctive DJing style into their original productions.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of original
Adjective
  • So the theoretical maximum is 256 ESSMs rather than 64 missiles, although a practical loadout would probably mix missile types.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Join Fortune‘s Sam Birchall and a group of CFOs on Wednesday 28th October to discuss practical perspectives on strengthening capability, continuity, and long-term resilience in finance.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of practical
Adjective
  • Electricians use plug and play wiring, and our pipes are far more convenient plastic as opposed to lead.
    — Scott Levenson, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Dodgers were a convenient boogeyman, but the owners’ desire for cost-control is not actually contingent on the results of a small-sample-size tournament.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of convenient
Adjective
  • Anita recalled her grandson’s adventurous upbringing and his relationship with God.
    — Marisela Cruz, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • This gift box contains eight bars, spanning from 58 to 80% cacao, in flavors like banana foster and green tea crunch for the adventurous and pink sea salt or pure cacao, dates, and vanilla for the purists.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of adventurous
Adjective
  • Memories are fresh of the nationwide protests sparked by economic pressures that led to a deadly crackdown weeks before the war.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Most of the candy is in spotless Plexiglas bins, hundreds of them, and throughout the shop are fresh confections such as ice cream, sodas, a chocolate fountain.
    — Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of fresh
Adjective
  • Bookshop owners were also none too keen to stock the neat little paperbacks with which Lane toured the country.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The deep colors also deliver neat contrasts—warm and precise, technical yet tactile.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of neat
Adjective
  • Add-ons include a handy ferro rod pendant for campers, a 20-piece bit set, and replacement graphite tips and blades.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Neil and Brenda met just days after Neil invented his time machine, which proved to be a handy access pass.
    — S. M. Reznik, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of handy
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