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Word entry · 6 letters

clever

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"Quick-witted"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈklɛv.ə/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceelrvStarts with CEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. showing inventiveness and skill

Word origin

From East Anglian dialectal English cliver (“expert at seizing”), from Middle English cliver (“tenacious”).

Used in a sentence

  • My dad is quite clever with his hands, especially at carpentry.
  • a. 1898, Francis James Child (collator), Child's Ballads, 198: "Bonny John Seton", The Highland men, they're clever men At handling sword and shield,
  • clever like a fox

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