clever

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklɛvɚ/

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事物・事柄 オーストラリア先住民 廃用 アメリカ英語 古風 イギリス英語 口語

Quick to learn and understand things

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The clever seamstress stitched the torn coat in minutes.

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意味（1）

Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.

The Highland men, they're clever men At handling sword and shield,

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意味（2）

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

意味（3）

Mentally quick and resourceful.

clever like a fox

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意味（4）

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

Do noble things, not dream them all day long: And so make life, death, and that vast forever / One grand, sweet song.

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意味（5）

(of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.

Mr. Woodhouse was almost as much interested in the business as the girls, and tried very often to recollect something worth their putting in. So many clever riddles as there used to be when he was young--he wondered he could not remember them! but he hoped he should in time. And it always ended in Kitty, a fair but frozen maid.

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意味（6）

(anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.

When a clever man is out hunting and comes across the tracks of, say, a kangaroo, he follows them along and talks to the footprints all the time for the purpose of injecting magic into the animal which made them.

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意味（7）

(obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.

I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, To me and to my heirs forever.

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意味（8）

(obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.

The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was.

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意味（9）

(US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.

意味（10）

(UK, colloquial) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.

But at that moment I knew it was all over for me, I had never thought that this day would come, but it had and I was not feeling too clever. In fact I had to escape to a nearby toilet to be sick.

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cleverer （ comparative ）

more clever （ comparative ）

cleverest （ superlative ）

most clever （ superlative ）