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Definitions for cleverly
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cleverly, smartlyadverb

    in a clever manner

    "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business"

Wiktionary

  1. cleverlyadverb

    Wittily; in a tricky manner.

    He joked cleverly with each guest.

  2. cleverlyadverb

    Intelligently directed to a purpose.

    Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.

  3. cleverlyadverb

    Completely, fully.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cleverlyadverb

    Dextrously; fitly; handsomely.

    Etymology: from clever.

    These would inveigle rats with th’ scent,
    And sometimes catch them with a snap,
    As cleverly as th’ ablest trap. Hudibras, p. ii. canto. 1.

    A rogue upon the highway may have as strong an arm, and take off a man’s head as cleverly as the executioner. South.

Wikipedia

  1. Cleverly

    Cleverly is a surname.

ChatGPT

  1. cleverly

    Cleverly is an adverb that means in a way that shows quickness of mind, creativity, or resourcefulness. It refers to the manner in which someone performs an action with intelligence, skill, and often, a sense of cunning or ingenuity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cleverlyadverb

    in a clever manner

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CLEVERLY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cleverly is ranked #40610 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Cleverly surname appeared 538 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cleverly.

    95.1% or 512 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleverly in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleverly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of cleverly in a Sentence

  1. Fadi Hakura:

    Erdogan cleverly opted for a security focused campaign, appealing to conservative voters' desire for security, mHP's Bahceli - or 'Mr. No' - simply showed his was a party of protest.

  2. Chip Felkel:

    He's tapped into an uneasiness, and he's done it cleverly, he's played it to the hilt.

  3. Alan Winde:

    It's going to have definite effects on the global market because the market looks at competitors and especially not having to add sulphur ,there's a huge advantage to the process and that changes the brand, it gives you a new brand that the health conscious world looks at so I'm pretty certain on the back of the rooibos brand that's already around the world you will definitely see traction, but then even as a standalone product because its new its innovative it's got a marketing edge and obviously if they do it cleverly they will get market share quite quickly.

  4. Jenny Radesky:

    It's natural for getting a vaccine to stress out both children and their parents, i appreciate it when media creators cleverly place pearls of knowledge into their stories that help families cope.

  5. Harold Rosenberg:

    One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad movies while proving that modern art is meaningless. They have put into practice the notion that a bad art work cleverly interpreted according to some obscure Method is more rewarding than a masterpiece wrapped in silence.

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