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Variant of clever

clever definition

clever (klev′ər)

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.

Etymology: 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

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cleverness Synonyms

cleverness

n.

aptitude, brilliance, quickness, ingenuity; see ability 1, 2, acumen, wit 1.


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cleverness quotes

The obstinancy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinancy of follyand inanity.

-Stowe, Harriet (Elizabeth) ne¤  e Beecher

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