Clever \Clev"er\, a. [Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager,
AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh.
connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E.
clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with
the mind).]
1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity,
talent, or adroitness; expert.
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Though there were many clever men in England during
the latter half of the seventeenth century, there
were only two great creative minds. --Macaulay.
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Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
--C. Kingsley.
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2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a
clever speech; a clever trick. --Byron.
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3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
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'T would sound more clever
To me and to my heirs forever. --Swift.
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4. Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench
as any was." --Arbuthnot.
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5. Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.]
Syn: See Smart.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clever
adj 1: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool
prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [syn: adroit,
ingenious]
2: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
"a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" [syn: cagey,
cagy, canny]
3: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a
clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram
Stoker [syn: apt]
4: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: cunning, ingenious]
WordNet (r) 2.0
194 Moby Thesaurus words for "clever":
Attic, Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, able, acute, adept,
adroit, agile, alert, all-around, amusing, apt, arch, artful,
artistic, astute, authoritative, biting, brainy, bravura, bright,
brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, clean, competent, coordinated,
coruscating, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cute,
daedal, dazzling, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, designing,
dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, discerning, docile, droll,
educable, entertaining, excellent, expert, facetious, facile,
fanciful, fancy, feline, formable, foxy, funny, gifted, good,
goodish, graceful, guileful, handy, humorous, humorsome,
imaginative, impressionable, ingenious, insidious, instructable,
intelligent, inventive, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky,
joshing, keen, keen-witted, knowing, laughable, magisterial,
malleable, many-sided, masterful, masterly, moldable, mordant,
motivated, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell,
no mean, not born yesterday, original, pawky, perceptive, piquant,
plastic, pleasing, pliable, pointed, politic, pretty, professional,
proficient, prompt, pungent, qualified, quick, quick-thinking,
quick-witted, quite some, racy, rapier-like, ready, receptive,
resourceful, ripe for instruction, risible, sagacious, sage, salt,
salty, scheming, schoolable, scintillating, serpentine, sharp,
sharp-witted, shifty, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim,
slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, some, sophistical,
sparkling, sprightly, statesmanlike, stealthy, steel-trap,
strategic, stylish, subtile, subtle, supple, susceptible, tactful,
tactical, talented, teachable, the compleat, the complete,
thirsty for knowledge, trainable, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
versatile, virtuoso, vulpine, wary, well-considered,
well-contrived, well-designed, well-done, well-invented, well-laid,
well-planned, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, well-weighed,
whimsical, wicked, willing, wily, wise, witty, workmanlike
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Clever, MO (city, FIPS 14788)
Location: 37.02980 N, 93.47112 W
Population (1990): 580 (253 housing units)
Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 65631
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Clever, MO -- U.S. city in Missouri
Population (2000): 1010
Housing Units (2000): 420
Land area (2000): 0.638569 sq. miles (1.653887 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.638569 sq. miles (1.653887 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14788
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.028804 N, 93.470067 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 65631
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Clever, MO
Clever
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
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