intelligent
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Britannica Dictionary definition of INTELLIGENT
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[more intelligent; most intelligent]
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having or showing the ability to easily learn or understand things or to deal with new or difficult situations
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having or showing a lot of intelligence
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highly/very intelligent [=smart] people
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She asked some intelligent questions.
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He's a hard worker but he's not very intelligent.
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an intelligent decision
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able to learn and understand things
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intelligent beings
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Dogs are intelligent animals.
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They are looking for signs of intelligent life [=creatures that can learn and understand things] on other planets.
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having an ability to deal with problems or situations that resembles or suggests the ability of an intelligent person
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intelligent software
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an intelligent machine
— intelligently
adverb-
He spoke/wrote intelligently about the changes that are needed.
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an intelligently designed computer system
