clever
41clever — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adroit, skillful; talented, adept, gifted; smart, cute. See skill, cunning. Ant., dull, witless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Mentally quick] Syn. smart, bright, intelligent, quick, shrewd, ingenious …
42clever — adjective (cleverer, cleverest) 1》 quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas. ↘skilful; adroit. 2》 [with negative] Brit. informal healthy or well: I didn t feel too clever. Phrases too clever by half informal annoyingly proud of… …
43clever — adjective 1) Syn: intelligent, bright, smart, astute, quick witted, shrewd, talented, gifted, capable, able, competent; informal brainy 2) a clever scheme Syn: ingenious, canny …
44clever — clev•er [[t]ˈklɛv ər[/t]] adj. er•er, er•est 1) mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able 2) superficially skillful or witty; facile: a clever remark[/ex] 3) showing inventiveness or originality; ingenious: a clever idea[/ex] 4)… …
45clever — adj. (cleverer, cleverest) 1 skilful, talented; quick to understand and learn. 2 adroit, dextrous. 3 (of the doer or the thing done) ingenious, cunning. Phrases and idioms: clever Dick (or clogs etc.) colloq. a person who is or purports to be… …
46Clever — This surname is of medieval German origin, and is also recorded as Klauer, Kleuer or Clever. It has nothing to do with axes or knives, but derives from the place called Kleve, once the home of the fourth wife of King Henry V111 of England (1509… …
47Clever — Original name in latin Clever Name in other language State code US Continent/City America/Chicago longitude 37.03033 latitude 93.47297 altitude 430 Population 2139 Date 2011 05 14 …
48clever — cle·ver [ klɛvɐ] Adj; oft pej; klug und geschickt alle Vorteile ausnutzend ≈ raffiniert <ein Geschäftsmann, ein Politiker, ein Plan, ein Verkäufer; clever vorgehen> || NB: ≠ intelligent …
49clever — cle|ver [ klɛvɐ] <aus gleichbed. engl. clever> in taktisch schlauer, geschickter Weise vorgehend, klug, gewitzt …
50clever — [13] Clever is rather a mystery word. There is one isolated instance of what appears to be the word in an early 13th century bestiary, where it means ‘dextrous’, and the connotations of ‘clutching something’ have led to speculation that it may be …
