Definitions for clever
ˈklɛv ərclever

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. cagey, cagy, canny, cleveradjective

   showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

   "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

2. apt, cleveradjective

   mentally quick and resourceful

   "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

3. clever, cunning, ingeniousadjective

   showing inventiveness and skill

   "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. cleveradjective

   Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.

2. cleveradjective

   Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.

   clever like a fox

3. cleveradjective

   Smart, intelligent or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

4. cleveradjective

   Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.

5. cleveradjective

   Possessing magical abilities.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CLEVERadjective

   Etymology: of no certain etymology.

   1. Dextrous; skilful.

   It was the cleverer mockery of the two. Roger L'Estrange, Fables.

   I read Dyer’s letter more for the stile than the news. The man has a clever pen, it must be owned. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   2. Just; fit; proper; commodious.

   I can’t but think ’twould sound more clever,
   To me, and to my heirs for ever. Alexander Pope.

   3. Well-shaped; handsome.

   She called him gundy-guts, and he called her lousy Peg, tho’ the girl was a tight clever wench as any was. Arbuthnot.

   4. This is a low word, scarcely ever used but in burlesque or conversation; and applied to any thing a man likes, without a settled meaning.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Cleveradjective

   possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert

2. Cleveradjective

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

3. Cleveradjective

   having fitness, propriety, or suitableness

4. Cleveradjective

   well-shaped; handsome

5. Cleveradjective

   good-natured; obliging

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Clever

   Clever is a city in Christian County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. Christian County was the fastest-growing county in Missouri in population between 2000 and 2010. As a result of that growth Clever has also seen a large increase in population in the last twenty years.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Clever

   klev′ėr, adj. able or dexterous: ingenious: skilful: (U.S.) good-natured.—ns. Cleveral′ity, Clev′erness.—adj. Clev′erish, somewhat clever.—adv. Clev′erly. [Ety. dub.]

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1. Clever

   Build educational applications that just work. School integration doesn’t have to be painful. Use Clever to get real-time student data.Clever believes that data should empower learning, not hold it back. With unique experiences in education and technology, the Clever team understands the data challenges that schools and developers face. Our mission is to make powerful educational software easy to build and easy to deploy.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clever' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4393

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clever' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1796

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'clever' in Adjectives Frequency: #507

How to pronounce clever?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of clever in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of clever in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of clever in a Sentence

1. Norris Trent:

   What a stunning place to become French. Its better than a pokey town hall, you really feel privileged, and so its quite a clever strategy.

2. John W. Gardner:

   Josh Billings said, It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself, but the most inconvenient one, too. Human beings have always employed an enormous variety of clever devices for running away from themselves, and the modern world is particularly rich in such stratagems.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Only the clever men can be flexible; others are condemned to remain as rigid!

4. United States:

   The United States endorsement is politically important, symbolically important, but in order to see a regime change, there are some things lacking, over the years President Nicolas Maduro's been very clever about co-opting their support, sharing economic benefits with them -- the military now has an oil services company.

5. Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay:

   Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate...

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