English Dictionary

Definition of “clever-clever”

clever-clever

Definitions

adjective

  1. (informal) clever in a showy manner; artful; overclever

Example Sentences Including 'clever-clever'

And those clever-clever actresses will never put rumps on banquettes.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)
But despite Maxwell's clever (and occasionally clever-clever ) variations, the basic situation is clear.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Hill controls the suspense masterfully but much of the content is too clever-clever and the ending feels contrived (HarperCollins £6.99).
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Well, I hate to be clever-clever , but there was also a real P-400.
Gunston, Bill Plane Speaking - a personal view of aviation history

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