cleverly
UK/ˈklɛvəli//ˈklɛvɚli/
cleverly adverb: wittily; in a tricky manner.
Adverb
cleverly (comparative more cleverly, superlative most cleverly)
- Wittily; in a tricky manner.
- He joked cleverly with each guest.
- Intelligently directed to a purpose.
- Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
- The double world champion quickly closed on to the rear of the Williams, but Maldonado drove cleverly to ensure he was always far enough ahead at the start of the pit straight to ensure Alonso could not pass him.2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport
- Completely, fully.
- “I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 6
Proper noun capitalized: Cleverly
Cleverly (plural Cleverlys)
- A surname from Old English.
cleverly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cleverly in Hindi
- cleverly, shrewdly
- चतुराईपूर्वक caturāīpūrvak
cleverly in Tamil
- திறமையாக
cleverly in Marathi
- हुशारीने
cleverly in Urdu
- چالاکی سے, چالاکانہ طور پر
More languagesFewer languages
- cleverly in Bengali
- চতুরতার সাথে, ধূর্ত পদ্ধতিতে, পুরোপুরি, সম্পূর্ণভাবে
- cleverly in Telugu
- తెలివిగా
- cleverly in Malayalam
- ബുദ്ധിപൂർവം, സമർത്ഥമായി
- cleverly in Kannada
- ಜಾಣತನದಿಂದ
- cleverly in Punjabi
- ਚਤੁਰਾਈ ਨਾਲ, ਚਾਲਾਕੀ ਨਾਲ
- cleverly in Gujarati
- ચતુરાઈથી, હોશિયારીથી
- cleverly in Odia
- ଚତୁରତାର ସହ
- cleverly in Nepali
- चतुराईपूर्वक, चालाकीपूर्वक
Examples of cleverly in a sentence
- Some took advantage of this freedom by becoming, as one respondent cleverly put it, “funemployed.”
- However, in all existing formulations of classic PRE, data-flow equations are still cleverly but ad hocly designed.
- WITWANTON: One who tries to be cleverly amusing, but misses the mark.
Forms of cleverly
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more cleverly |
| superlative | most cleverly |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cleverlys |
| alternative form | Cleverley |
Origin of cleverly
From clever + -ly.
Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).
Questions about cleverly
- What does cleverly mean?
- Cleverly means wittily; in a tricky manner.
- What is cleverly in Hindi?
- Cleverly in Hindi is चतुराईपूर्वक (caturāīpūrvak). See Cleverly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cleverly?
- Cleverly can be an adverb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cleverly?
- Cleverly is pronounced /ˈklɛvəli/ (UK).
Words near cleverly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cleverly (page history and authors); Cleverly (page history and authors); चतुराईपूर्वक (Hindi) (page history and authors); cleverly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cleverly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cleverly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cleverly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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