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# cleverly

«cleverly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a smart, clever way, using good thinking or skill** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (cleverly, more cleverly, most cleverly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cleverly means in a smart, clever way, using good thinking or skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#m1)

2) Cleverly can also mean in a tricky or cunning way, to fool someone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories the hero cleverly escapes or solves a puzzle; the fox cleverly tricks the crow. In maths a problem can be solved cleverly with a short trick. In design, something cleverly made uses space or materials well. Phrases: cleverly designed, cleverly hidden, cleverly worked out.

### examples

- The fox cleverly tricked the crow into dropping the cheese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x1)
- She cleverly solved the puzzle in a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x2)
- The treasure was cleverly hidden behind a loose brick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x3)
- The bag is cleverly designed to fold into a pocket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x4)
- He cleverly added 99 by adding 100 and taking away 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x5)
- The detective cleverly noticed the muddy boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x6)
- The children cleverly built a bridge from straws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x7)
- "That was very cleverly done," observed the Princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/#x8)

### note

An adverb: it tells how something is done. Adjective: clever; noun: cleverness. Spelt with one «l» in the middle and «-ly» at the end: clever + ly.

### In the corpora

- [A camel's hump stores fat, not water; camels save water very cleverly and can drink a huge amount at once.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/8-wild-animals-and-tall-tales/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cleverly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleverly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.