Cleverly
['klevəli]
Definition
(adv.) in a clever manner; 'they were cleverly arranged'; 'a smartly managed business'.
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a clever manner.
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Examples
- I dare say he thinks he has outwitted me cleverly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Duke had told me: he said: 'Go and see how cleverly she's arranged her drawing-room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- So cleverly was the colonel concealed that, even when the Moriarty gang was broken up, we could not incriminate him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Cleverly arranged mirrors sending a ray of light from one to all the others and back again to the first will produce the same effect. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I will tell you all how and about it; and you will then see, not only how right the whole thing is, but how cleverly managed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Tammany is not a satanic instrument of deception, cleverly devised to thwart the will of the people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- You could not write cleverly enough. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No, really, Mrs. Farebrother, I am glad of both, I fear, said Mary, cleverly getting rid of one rebellious tear. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The whole business was so cleverly managed, that Herbert had not the least suspicion of my hand being in it. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He has managed the matter cleverly enough on his side. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her ladyship has smoothed matters over for the present very cleverly, said the Sergeant. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Cleverly do they extract the sweet juices of flowers to fill the emptiness of many-celled combs. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Take it, Cary, and munch away cleverly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If cleverly handled these electoral devices should act as a check on a wholesale attitude toward politics. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I suspect that you gave him the credit of the deed, and of keeping cleverly out of the way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The scenes were taken from old pictures, and the participators had been cleverly fitted with characters suited to their types. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
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