Meaning

3 senses
  1. Wittily; in a tricky manner.

    He joked cleverly with each guest.

    in a clever manner

  2. Intelligently directed to a purpose.

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

  3. (US, dialectal)Completely, fully.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Ziri cleverly snuck out of the class.

  2. They're cleverly changing how we perceive them.

  3. She cleverly plays her admirers off against each other.

    deSie spielt ihre Verehrer geschickt gegeneinander aus. — Yorwba

  4. This surprised everyone except Mary, who had cleverly anticipated it.

    deDas überraschte alle bis auf Maria, die es klug vorhergesehen hatte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. You cleverly orchestrated a mistrial.

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Forms

more cleverly, most cleverly
Comparativemore cleverly Lesson
Superlativemost cleverly

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedclever

See also

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