Clueful

//ˈkluː.fəl// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Knowledgeable and well-informed. informal

    "While the mentorship opportunities in recent startup hubs like Berlin and Stockholm have increased dramatically in recent years, the mentors in Silicon Valley are still some of the most experienced and clueful in the world (let's call that factor "X")."

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eruditeknowledgefullearnedsmart

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"While the mentorship opportunities in recent startup hubs like Berlin and Stockholm have increased dramatically in recent years, the mentors in Silicon Valley are still some of the most experienced and clueful in the world (let's call that factor "X")."

Etymology

From clue + -ful, by analogy with clueless.

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well informed

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