clever

1. Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.

   My dad is quite clever with his hands, especially at carpentry.

   a. 1898, Francis James Child (collator), Child's Ballads, 198: "Bonny John Seton", The Highland men, they're clever men At handling sword and shield,

   geschickt, geschickt

   иску́сныйiskúsnyj, ло́вкийlóvkij, уме́лыйumélyj

   вмі́лийvmílyj, впра́внийvprávnyj, зді́бнийzdíbnyj

2. Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

3. Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.

   clever like a fox

   With a clever lawyer, she could easily be acquitted.

   clever, ausgekocht

   mentally quick and resourceful

4. Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

   patent, klug, gescheit

   у́мныйúmnyj, разу́мныйrazúmnyj, хи́трыйxítryj

   розу́мнийrozúmnyj

5. Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.

   This is a simple but clever trick to solve the problem.

   showing inventiveness and skill

6. Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.

   originell, raffiniert, abgedreht

   изобрета́тельныйizobretátelʹnyj

   винахі́дливийvynaxídlyvyj

7. (UK, colloquial)Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.

8. (US, dated)Good-natured; obliging.

9. Possessing magical abilities.

   schamanisch, zauberkundig

10. (archaic)Sane; in one's right mind.

11. (obsolete)Fit; suitable; having propriety.

12. (obsolete)Well-shaped; handsome.

1. Tom is a very clever boy.

   Том дуже розумний хлопчик.

   ruТом очень умный мальчик.

   deTom ist ein sehr kluger Junge.

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2. Tom is a very clever student.

   Том дуже розумний студент.

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3. Tom is very clever, isn't he?

   Том дуже розумний, так?

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4. She is not pretty, to be sure, but she is very clever.

   Вона, звичайно, не дуже гарна, але вона дуже розумна.

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5. I consider myself a clever man.

   Я вважаю себе розумною людиною.

   ruЯ считаю себя умным человеком.

   deIch betrachte mich als clever.

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