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Meanings of cleverly in English

In a clever manner.

Synonyms
Examples for "smartly"
Examples for "smartly"
1
Yet viewers obviously deserve to see their public representatives looking smartly groomed.
The Irish Times
2
The problem soon ballooned to such complexity that Ulam smartly gave up.
The disappearing spoon: and other true tales of madness, love, a...
3
The breeze catches the plume in his hat and flutters it smartly.
A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky
4
REIT exchange traded funds have recovered smartly over the past three years.
Reuters
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A second episode, also sent to reviewers, is just as smartly written.
Reuters
Usage of cleverly in English
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Which brings me back to my question-theone you so cleverly evaded.
Beastly
2
People text into radio stations cleverly picking out anomalies in the rules.
Independent.ie
3
One room is cleverly wallpapered with news clippings from his final tour.
Ebony
4
Pitch your articles cleverly and pay attention to the feedback you're given.
The Irish Times
5
Is this another cleverly executed assassination from the politics of personal destruction?
Wired
6
You will question him cleverly and determine whether he is the killer?
A river in the sky
7
No matador in all Spain could have performed the feat more cleverly.
The Desert Home: The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderne...
8
I was spared the asking as Dr Bird cleverly read my mind.
The Irish Times
9
Paphitis cackled down his megaphone, cleverly changing their name for comic effect.
The Guardian
10
No one has ever seen her; or else someone lies very cleverly.
The Thing from the Lake
11
The men flew to their posts, and the ship went cleverly about.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3
12
He does it cleverly, but he would be better employed in squealing.
The Story of My Life: Recollections and Reflections
13
States, localities and HUD have created policies that cleverly address this predicament.
Ebony
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Even that might be done if we went about it cleverly enough.
The Rains Came
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The wave-like movement of these animals is particularly graceful and cleverly done.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twe...
16
It may be a bottle of sugar cleverly disguised as something healthy.
Ebony
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Cleverly through the time
Cleverly across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common