Add to ORKGclever ahas various meanings, none of them having anything to do with "skillful". If your mother is well, she may be clever. You may have a _clever_ cow, meaning a good one, or a _clever_ pair of boots.PRINTED ITEMG.M.Story June 1961Used IUsed INot usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 17 Oct 201
clever a= adroit, skillful Bill - Do these veer too closely to the usual sense of clever to be ...
clever a_means_ superior:- A cliver bully = a good bully (boat) " " woman = a physica...
clever aFine (?) ; imposing (?)YesJWUsed IUsed I3Not usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 17 Oct...
clever aIn good health: physically able. "How's your mother?" "Oh, she's _clever_." A robust man m...
clever aWhen talking about someone's kid they use the expression "they have a clever child". Cleve...
clever a" Clever" and "cruel" are words used in a way in which Webster never intended. A clever wo...
clever aLarge, stout. A "clever man" is a large strong man. So a baby, a boat, a cow, anything ani...
clever aWe didn't use the word "clever" to mean smart. But on second thought, we did. We would say...
clever aA person extreamly good at doing something or it could mean something that turned out well...
clever aWhile inspecting a long liner in the Bay Bulls Harbour a couple of weeks ago my Uncle advi...
clever aIn Newfoundland it...means large and hand- some. It is applied not only to men, but to anim...
clever aManly, strongManly, strongJH 11/73Used IUsed I1Not usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat ...
clever aapplied to a man who is tall and well madeapplied to a man who is tall and well madeUsed IUs...
clever aBut now the repeated pressure of the dogs' feet had made "clever," hard-beaten holes, whic...
clever aThat's a clever haircut. - nice-looking.nice-lookingDNE-cit JH 3/72Used IUsed I1Not usedciv...
clever a= adroit, skillful Bill - Do these veer too closely to the usual sense of clever to be ...
clever a_means_ superior:- A cliver bully = a good bully (boat) " " woman = a physica...
clever aFine (?) ; imposing (?)YesJWUsed IUsed I3Not usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 17 Oct...
clever aIn good health: physically able. "How's your mother?" "Oh, she's _clever_." A robust man m...
clever aWhen talking about someone's kid they use the expression "they have a clever child". Cleve...
clever a" Clever" and "cruel" are words used in a way in which Webster never intended. A clever wo...
clever aLarge, stout. A "clever man" is a large strong man. So a baby, a boat, a cow, anything ani...
clever aWe didn't use the word "clever" to mean smart. But on second thought, we did. We would say...
clever aA person extreamly good at doing something or it could mean something that turned out well...
clever aWhile inspecting a long liner in the Bay Bulls Harbour a couple of weeks ago my Uncle advi...
clever aIn Newfoundland it...means large and hand- some. It is applied not only to men, but to anim...
clever aManly, strongManly, strongJH 11/73Used IUsed I1Not usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat ...
clever aapplied to a man who is tall and well madeapplied to a man who is tall and well madeUsed IUs...
clever aBut now the repeated pressure of the dogs' feet had made "clever," hard-beaten holes, whic...
clever aThat's a clever haircut. - nice-looking.nice-lookingDNE-cit JH 3/72Used IUsed I1Not usedciv...
clever a= adroit, skillful Bill - Do these veer too closely to the usual sense of clever to be ...
clever a_means_ superior:- A cliver bully = a good bully (boat) " " woman = a physica...
clever aFine (?) ; imposing (?)YesJWUsed IUsed I3Not usedcivilChecked by Cathy Wiseman on Sat 17 Oct...