cluey
/ˈkluːi/adjective (cluier, cluiest) 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...
- We thought we were kind of cluey in the business.
- 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.
Origin
1960s: from clue, probably by analogy with clueless.
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