clever

Speech parts

1. clever - Adjective

2. clever - Adjective Satellite

3. Clever - Proper noun

Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

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

Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

Well-shaped; handsome.

Good-natured; obliging.

Source: Webster's dictionary

ingenious cunning talented apt adroit quick-witted canny cagey sharp-witted foxy able sage handy Shannon politic

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dull stupid naive hackney cam batty

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Clerve

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling

Clever tyrants are never punished. Voltaire

Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Aristophanes

All clever men are birds of prey. English Proverb

Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; the clever are never ungrateful. French Proverb