The phrase "cleverness being" is not correct and is not usable in written English.
You could however say "being clever". For example, "The fox was praised for being clever in outsmarting the hunter."
I hope it traces at least the outlines of a history that would account for his obliviousness, his egotism: a loved, clever little boy, whose cleverness was the key to social advancement.
This is what makes the show clever and transgressive, though the cleverness is harped on a little too much.
Bolton is by all accounts a clever and energetic fellow, but cleverness is not competence, and energy can amplify vice as readily as virtue.
Cleverness is frowned upon: yesterday my daughter said she didn't like being clever and was considering doing bad work so she would be moved down a set.
But the cleverness was brief.
Cleverness was in the air.
Trusting in her cleverness is not enough.
But the cleverness is not the point.
Cleverness is totally out of the question.
To what end, however, has this cleverness been brewed?
