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adjective

Clever adj.

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert. "Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds." "Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."

Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.

Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness. "'T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever."

Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was."

Good-natured; obliging. (U. S.)

Synonyms: See Smart.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... suppose anything clever enough to get out of prison would be fool enough to go back again?" said he. "Well, there seems to be nothing doing now and I guess I'll ...

— Peggy in Her Blue Frock • Eliza Orne White

... marry and settle down here—there's lots of room for you—some nice girl—and give me grandchildren before I die. But I suppose I must be patient and wait first for your call to the Bar. What a dreary long time it all takes! Why can't they, with one so clever, shorten the term of probation? Or why wait for that to marry? I could give you an allowance. As soon as you were called you could then follow the South Wales circuit—well, go on about your Dinosaurs. I seem to remember Professor Owen invented them—but he never wavered ...

— Mrs. Warren's Daughter - A Story of the Woman's Movement • Sir Harry Johnston

... insatiable. The gipsy home in Gower Street had to be broken up. Mrs. Dickens and the children went to live at the Marshalsea. Little Charles was placed under the roof—it cannot be called under the care—of a "reduced old lady," dwelling in Camden Town, who must have been a clever and prophetic old lady if she anticipated that her diminutive lodger would one day give her a kind of indirect unenviable immortality by making her figure, under the name of "Mrs. Pipchin," in "Dombey and Son." Here the boy seems to have ...

— Life of Charles Dickens • Frank Marzials

... captured. I had observed that my friend the skipper had been in better spirits than at first. He spoke frankly to me, as he did to the crew, and seemed to be on good terms with everybody. He was evidently a clever man—full of resources of all sorts—above his station I should say. He had been brought up as a farmer, and had never been afloat till within the last six or seven years. He was now no contemptible sailor. His next move would probably be to some totally different sphere, where he would take ...

— Hurricane Hurry • W.H.G. Kingston

... "Yes, you are very clever! If you tell me that Freemasonry is an election machine, I will grant it. I will never deny that it is used as a machine to control candidates of all shades; if you say that it is only used to hoodwink people, to ...

— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

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