cleverer

By the way, Google Books makes it easier than ever before to get a sense of whether particular words - such as "cleverer" - were in fact used commonly (and not just occasionally) by dcperson says: cleverer and commoner just sound wrong to my ear ... but that's not a rule of logic or grammar.

Libertarian Blog Place 2009

(What’s even cleverer is that he is a university professor who got his students to help design and create the house, and if he was really clever he got it all paid for as well).

BANGKOK BIO-SOLAR HOUSE | Inhabitat 2006

The will to live, which forms the inmost core of every living being, exhibits itself most conspicuously in the higher order of animals, that is, the cleverer ones; and so in them the nature of the will may be seen and examined most clearly.

Religion 2004

I hope your candidate's campaign is a little bit "cleverer" than you are when they go after this.

Hess Corporation "Office Manager" And Her Husband Both Gave $28,500 To Elect McCain 2009

It's starting to make little sense why I would write something that while widely read could be given out in a "cleverer" format.

Richard Laermer: Why Book Publishing Is Dead (Part One) 2008

One of the best ways of making yourself 'cleverer' is to understand how to evaluate scientific claims, particularly when they're used as ideas for TV programmes.

Mind Hacks: Simple ways to make yourself cynical 2006

One of the best ways of making yourself 'cleverer' is to understand how to evaluate scientific claims, particularly when they're used as ideas for TV programmes.

Mind Hacks: March 2006 Archives 2006

She supposed they were "cleverer", and accepted her inferiority good-humouredly, half aware, within herself, of a reserve of unused power which the others gave no sign of possessing.

The Reef; a novel 1912

She supposed they were "cleverer", and accepted her inferiority good-humouredly, half aware, within herself, of a reserve of unused power which the others gave no sign of possessing.

The Reef Edith Wharton 1899

I don't claim for a second that they are "cleverer" than we are, they just seem to be more rigorous in terms of self-analysis.

Army Rumour Service 2010