1.skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;
cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician
2.showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
a cagey lawyer
3.mentally quick and resourceful;
an apt pupil
4.showing inventiveness and skill;
a clever gadget
詞義 clever [ˈklevə] adj. 能干的; 聰明的; 伶俐的; 靈巧的 [美方]性情溫良的, 和藹可親的 [美方]英俊的; 壯健的; 風采優雅的 be clever at 擅長于; 善于使用 clever fingers 巧手, 妙手 繼承用法 cleverish adj. 有小聰明的, 靈巧的 cleverishly adv. cleverly adv. [方]完全, 全然 詞性變化 clever [ˈklevə] adj. [美俚]壯健, 結實 cleverness n. 習慣用語 be as clever as th