Definition of cluey in English:
cluey
adjectivecluier, cluiestˈkluːi
Australian informal Wise, knowledgeable, or aware.
the article is easily comprehensible by a cluey high-schooler
we are cluey enough to know that the system survives only with huge subsidies
Example sentencesExamples
- A pretty cluey amateur in this area built a special magnetic retaining chamber in which he created a plasma ball using very high voltage.
- I stand corrected by cluier individuals.
- We thought we were kind of cluey in the business.
- I admit I'm not the cluiest on the computer.
- I find that any cluey 10-year-old can calculate a checksum using this algorithm.
- Girls generally tend to be a bit quieter, and cluier, about their difficulties.
- I mustn't argue with someone who's young enough to be cluey about childish arguments.
- It's a quiet time of the year, and a cluey bar manager should approach us with a deal of some sort.
- The man who makes this is one of the cluiest fellas I've ever met.
- Will the full afternoon of running workshops for cluey postgrads be a success, or have I forgotten how to teach?
Origin
1960s: from clue, probably by analogy with clueless.