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cleverly

adv
/ˈklɛvəli/UK/ˈklɛvɚli/US

Etymology

Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).

  1. derived from clǣfre

Definitions

  1. Wittily

    Wittily; in a tricky manner.

    • He joked cleverly with each guest.

  2. Intelligently directed to a purpose.

    • Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
    • The double world champion quickly closed on to the rear of the Williams, but Maldonado drove cleverly to ensure he was always far enough ahead at the start of the pit straight to ensure Alonso could not pass him.

  3. Completely, fully.

    • “I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname from Old English.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cleverly. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at cleverly. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at cleverly

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA