Definitions for clever

clever clev·er

Spelling: [klev-er]
IPA: /ˈklɛv ər/

Clever is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in clever (ceelrv).

Definitions for clever

adjective

  1. mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
  2. superficially skillful, witty, or original in character or construction; facile:
  3. showing inventiveness or originality; ingenious:
  4. adroit with the hands or body; dexterous or nimble.
  5. Older Use. suitable; convenient; satisfactory. good-natured. handsome. in good health.

Origin of clever

1175-1225; Middle English cliver, akin to Old English clifer claw, clife burdock. See cleavers

Examples for clever

All this is mere rhetoric, and full of clever self-excusing.

I wouldn't attempt to be, I am not clever or popular enough.

The clever crooks managed to rack up $2 million in profits over a year, Ares said.

If he were as clever as he is honest, he wouldn't have been stuck with a horse like Lauzanne.

The clever part is that the present was “re-gifted” from city and state tax revenues.

He wants to show her how clever he is and, more importantly, how well the script is going, that there is hope, a future.

He is the son of a clever doctor, and the marriage will take place in four days.

I hadn't supposed him clever enough to guess what I was thinking.

Few of us are as clever as my Inspector Morse-loving friend.

The small band of French critics helped shift the view of Hitchcock from a clever, popular entertainer to a Significant Artist.

Word Value for clever
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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