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• Some took advantage of this freedom by becoming, as one respondent cleverly put it, “funemployed.”2016, Benjamin H. Snyder, The Disrupted Workplace […] , Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 144. From the entry funemployed
• However, in all existing formulations of classic PRE, data-flow equations are still cleverly but ad hocly designed.2006, Alan Mycroft, Andreas Zeller, Compiler Construction: 15th International Conference, CC 2006 […]. From the entry ad hocly
• WITWANTON: One who tries to be cleverly amusing, but misses the mark.2003, Robert M. Jarvis, Amicus Humoriae: An Anthology of Legal Humor, Carolina Academic Press, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry witwanton
• Fresh and cool as a crocus, this pretty dress is designed with a cleverly concealed backwrap.1940, Fashions of the Hour, page 27. From the entry backwrap
• Cleverly did not directly respond to the claim from the Labour frontbencher when he later answered her questions.2023 November 15, Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker, Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn, “Rishi Sunak to bring in emergency law after supreme court’s Rwanda…. From the entry frontbencher
• It is not known how much was paid for the cleverly tricked-up specimen, but I suspect it was a great deal.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 64. From the entry tricked-up
• As narcissistic actress Daphne Kluger in “Ocean’s Eight,” Hathaway cleverly parodies the affected personality her so-called Hathahaters believe she has.2018 December 6, Sonia Rao, “The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant”, in The Washington Post, Washington…. From the entry Hathahater
• Stairs descended to larders, pantries were cleverly nooked into alcoves, and beyond the open windows sprawled lush gardens.2009, Karen Marie Moning, Beyond the Highland Mist. From the entry nook
• Children embarrass us because they point ever too cleverly and clearly to our denial of personal, material, and maternal history.1998, Michael Rectenwald, “Reading around the Kids”, in Constance Coiner, Diana Hume George, The Family Track: Keeping Your Faculties…. From the entry pedophobia
• Grey marl and ribbed, with a cleverly turned foot she called a French heel that made them hold their own shape, like cartoon socks.2010, Belinda Bauer, Blacklands, page 105. From the entry French heel
• The schwarma ($4.95 sandwich at lunch) is the meatloafy kind, but cleverly spiced with coriander seed, mustard, and garlic to taste a lot like pastrami.1992 August 14, Robert Nadeau, “The Sabra”, in The Boston Phoenix, volume XXI, number 33, Boston, Mass., →ISSN, section two, page 10…. From the entry meatloafy
• All that and more is cleverly and meticulously wedded to inventive music and rhythms, a unique blend of spritely intelligence and artful craftsmanship.1991 December 1, Rudy Grillo, “Who's The Top?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 20, page 8. From the entry spritely
• Cleverly camouflaged with grey felt, which exactly matched the colour of the walls, it led upwards to a barbette, or platform, perched beside the gate.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 276. From the entry barbette
• The 42nd revue at The Second City's "junior" stage waxes sardonic about Trump, improvises a song, cleverly incorporates an audience member and trumpets (perhaps unnecessarily) its multiethnic, multiamorous cast.2018 May 9, “Critics' Picks”, in Windy City Times. From the entry multiamorous
• The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC. From the entry screw
• Do we really want all those strivings and contrivings—all those thoughts and assumptions someone has cleverly etched into the hardware and software we are using—to remain invisible?2007, Steve Talbott, Devices of the Soul, page 192. From the entry striving
• A method cleverly adopted by airlines to attract customers is to incentify the travel agent by offering generous override commissions in exchange for steering passengers towards their carrier.2006, Andreas Papatheodorou, Corporate Rivalry and Market Power: Competition Issues in the Tourism Industry. From the entry incentify
• I couldn't figure out whether Porterfield was being patient, a rare occurrence, or whether he was cleverly setting me up to walk the gangplank of my career.2001, Richard Haddock, The Ninth Sabbat. From the entry walk the gangplank
• The estate was cleverly landscaped to give an almost park-like view from the house: copses were planted to conceal buildings, hahas dug to replace fences or hedges.1993, Elizabeth Gundrey, Walter Gundrey, edited by Jacqueline Krendel, Cottages, B and Bs and Country Inns of England and Wales, Fodor’s…. From the entry haha
• One of the most cleverly disguised in the giant kelpfish, an elongated and largely kelp-coloured fish that grows to about 60 centimetres (24 inches) in length.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79. From the entry giant kelpfish
• The first funnyish thing about the book is the picture on the cover, a picture drawn by the author who has illustrated the entire volume most cleverly.1930 January 4, George Donald Billings, “Oliver Herford’s New Book, ‘Excuse It, Please’, Is Giddy Happy Collection of Verse: Magic of One…. From the entry funnyish
• Cleverly he'd chosen four who not only strip themselves at the slightest provocation to enjoy a cold air bath but are free of the usual licentious habits of such types.2014, Greg Hollingshead, Bedlam: A Novel of Love and Madness. From the entry air bath
• In musicals, when they are not unabashedly revivals, the assumption seems to be all we need do is find appropriate chunks of recent, or not-so-recent, history and cleverly reformulate them.2001, Charles Marowitz, Stage Dust: A Critic's Cultural Scrapbook from the 1990s, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry reformulate
• The cleverly constructed latch which Clayton had made for the door had sprung as Kerchak passed out; nor could the apes find means of ingress through the heavily barred windows.1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as…. From the entry latch

Meaning of cleverly

1. adverb Wittily; in a tricky manner.
2. adverb Intelligently directed to a purpose.
3. adverb Completely, fully.

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How do you use cleverly in a sentence?

Cleverly is used as an adverb. For example: “He joked cleverly with each guest.”

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“He joked cleverly with each guest.”

What does cleverly mean?

Cleverly means wittily; in a tricky manner.