| brain | (plural) witticisms, clever remarks |
| cleanly | deft, skilful, clever |
| cleanly | deftly, cleverly, skilfully |
| cleanly-coined | cleverly invented, smartly made up |
| clerkly | scholarly, cleverly, adroitly |
| conceited | ingenious, clever, well-devised |
| crafty | skilfully made, cleverly designed |
| cunning | knowledgeable, skilful, clever |
| cunning | ploy, ruse, clever device |
| cunningly | skilfully, cleverly, competently |
| engine | mechanical device, lever, implement |
| good-conceited | cleverly devised, ingeniously composed |
| industrious | ingenious, skilful, clever |
| ingenious | skilfully constructed, cleverly invented |
| prettily | cleverly, ingeniously; or: charmingly |
| pretty | clever, ingenious, artful |
| quaint | ingenious, clever, skilful |
| skilfully | knowledgeably, shrewdly, cleverly |
| sophister | sophist, cunning reasoner, clever debater |
| subtlety | clever effect, ingenious contrivance |
| tricksy | full of tricks, cleverly playful |
| wittily | ingeniously, cleverly, resourcefully |
| witty | clever, quick, intelligent |