[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clever \clev"er\, a. origin uncertain. cf. oe. cliver eager,
   as. clyfer in comp. cloven; or clifer a claw, perh.
   connected with e. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of e.
   clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing with
   the mind.
   1. possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity,
      talent, or adroitness; expert.
      1913 webster

            though there were many clever men in england during
            the latter half of the seventeenth century, there
            were only two great creative minds.   --macaulay.
      1913 webster

            be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
                                                  --c. kingsley.
      1913 webster

   2. showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a
      clever speech; a clever trick. --byron.
      1913 webster

   3. having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
      1913 webster

            't would sound more clever
            to me and to my heirs forever.        --swift.
      1913 webster

   4. well-shaped; handsome. "the girl was a tight, clever wench
      as any was." --arbuthnot.
      1913 webster

   5. good-natured; obliging. u. s.

   syn: see smart.
        1913 webster
see also:
smart 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clever
     adj 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"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
            ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" syn: adroit,
             ingenious
     2: showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
        "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound" syn: cagey,
        cagy, canny
     3: mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a
        clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-bram
        stoker syn: apt
     4: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
        cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
        solution to the problem" syn: cunning, ingenious
see also:
adroit ingenious cagey cagy canny apt 
cunning 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

194 moby thesaurus words for "clever":
   attic, daedalian, machiavellian, machiavellic, able, acute, adept,
   adroit, agile, alert, all-around, amusing, apt, arch, artful,
   artistic, astute, authoritative, biting, brainy, bravura, bright,
   brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, clean, competent, coordinated,
   coruscating, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cute,
   daedal, dazzling, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, designing,
   dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, discerning, docile, droll,
   educable, entertaining, excellent, expert, facetious, facile,
   fanciful, fancy, feline, formable, foxy, funny, gifted, good,
   goodish, graceful, guileful, handy, humorous, humorsome,
   imaginative, impressionable, ingenious, insidious, instructable,
   intelligent, inventive, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky,
   joshing, keen, keen-witted, knowing, laughable, magisterial,
   malleable, many-sided, masterful, masterly, moldable, mordant,
   motivated, neat, neat-handed, nimble, nimble-witted, no dumbbell,
   no mean, not born yesterday, original, pawky, perceptive, piquant,
   plastic, pleasing, pliable, pointed, politic, pretty, professional,
   proficient, prompt, pungent, qualified, quick, quick-thinking,
   quick-witted, quite some, racy, rapier-like, ready, receptive,
   resourceful, ripe for instruction, risible, sagacious, sage, salt,
   salty, scheming, schoolable, scintillating, serpentine, sharp,
   sharp-witted, shifty, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, slim,
   slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, some, sophistical,
   sparkling, sprightly, statesmanlike, stealthy, steel-trap,
   strategic, stylish, subtile, subtle, supple, susceptible, tactful,
   tactical, talented, teachable, the compleat, the complete,
   thirsty for knowledge, trainable, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
   versatile, virtuoso, vulpine, wary, well-considered,
   well-contrived, well-designed, well-done, well-invented, well-laid,
   well-planned, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, well-weighed,
   whimsical, wicked, willing, wily, wise, witty, workmanlike

[4] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

clever, mo city, fips 14788
  location: 37.02980 n, 93.47112 w
  population 1990: 580 253 housing units
  area: 1.7 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 65631

[5] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

clever, mo -- u.s. city in missouri
   population 2000:    1010
   housing units 2000: 420
   land area 2000:     0.638569 sq. miles 1.653887 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    0.638569 sq. miles 1.653887 sq. km
   fips code:            14788
   located within:       missouri mo, fips 29
   location:             37.028804 n, 93.470067 w
   zip codes 1990:     65631
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    clever, mo
    clever

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