Clever

·adj Well-shaped; handsome.

II. Clever ·adj Good-natured; obliging.

III. Clever ·adj Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

IV. Clever ·adj Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

V. Clever ·adj Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.

clever
Good-natured, obliging. In Great Britain, a clever man is a dextrous man, one who performs an act wi...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
clever
1) neat, smooth, cleanly wrought, dexterous. S. 2) to clever, or claver, the endeavour of a child t...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose