fairly clever
Frequency: 6.03.2 per million words
To a moderate or reasonable degree of cleverness.
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- The new intern seems fairly clever and picks things up quickly.
- That was a fairly clever solution to a complex problem.
- He was considered fairly clever in school, but he never really applied himself.
- She's fairly clever, but her brother is a certified genius.
- Do you think this plan is fairly clever, or is it too simplistic?
- Our dog is fairly clever; he can open the back door by himself.
- The author's use of foreshadowing is fairly clever, though not groundbreaking.
- You'll need to be fairly clever to outsmart the competition.
- It was a fairly clever move in chess, but it left him vulnerable.
- He thought his excuse was fairly clever, but the teacher saw right through it.