cleverly

adjective

1. skillful in doing something; adroit; dexterous
2. quick in thinking or learning; intelligent, ingenious, quick-witted, witty, facile, etc.
3. showing ingenuity or quick, sometimes superficial, intelligence: a clever book
4. Dialectal
   1. amiable; good-natured
   2. handsome, convenient, nice, etc.

Origin: ME cliver, prob. < EFris klüfer or Norw dial klöver, ready, skillful; ? infl. by OE clifer, claw, hand, in the sense, “adroit with the hand”: for the latter sense development, see adroit, dexterous