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What is the adjective for clever?

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clever
  1. Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
  2. Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.
  3. Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
  4. Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
  5. (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.
  6. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
  7. (obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
  8. (US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.
  9. (Britain, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “He was a bright and clever child who displayed a level of intellect far surpassing that of his peers.”
      “He concocted a clever financial scheme aimed at exploiting loopholes within the system.”
      “He was a clever businessman with incredible powers of persuasion.”
cleverish
  1. Somewhat clever.
  2. (colloquial) Quite clever.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Being a spoof on a spoof might be cleverish, but I suspect that the only audience it will find is the audience that it seeks to deride.”
      “One of the striking things about his cleverish yet characterless conceptualism is that he conveniently makes things for, and about, art fairs.”
cleversome
  1. (rare, colloquial) Characterised or marked by cleverness; cunning; shrewd
cleverer
  1. comparative form of clever: more clever
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “These are not linear processes and there are few cleverer balancing acts than pursuit of an editorial strategy.”
      “The amber liquid is still flowing freely in the niteries, although you may have to box a little cleverer to slake your thirst half an hour later.”
      “If only they were cleverer sexual predators, they might have easily got away with it!”
cleverest
  1. superlative form of clever: most clever
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “At this point it is interesting to look back and consider which we regard as his cleverest clue.”
      “We are a tad worried by our fellow inhabitants, however, if we're regarded as the cleverest on earth.”
      “For those of you who have never heard of the man, he was one of the wittiest, cleverest and funniest comedians that ever graced this earth.”
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