# Cleverly

**Pronunciation:** /ˈklɛvəli/

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** adverb

## Meaning 1: when discussing wittily

Wittily; in a tricky manner. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

## Examples

- He joked cleverly with each guest.
- Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.

## Meaning 2: sense 2

Intelligently directed to a purpose

## Examples

- Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.

## Meaning 3: sense 3

Completely, fully

## Meaning 4: sense 4

(now US dialect) Completely, fully

## Meaning 5: sense 5

A surname from Old English

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