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(adj)
deft, dexterous, or skillful
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Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
Knowing, shrewd, astute.
Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
Alternative form of cagey. [Wary, careful, shrewd.]
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Shrewd or crafty.
Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
Having or showing skill; skillful.
Possessing skill; skilled.
(colloquial, somewhat dated) Good, smart; useful or beneficial, often in an impressively clever way.
Capable or clever; able to put available resources to efficient or ingenious use; using materials at hand wisely or efficiently.
(adv)
In an intelligent manner; cleverly.
In an able manner; with great ability.
(informal) Shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
Clever; amusingly ingenious.
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.
(of sleep) Quiet and deep.
Endowed with one or more talents.
Possessing insight; percipient.
Not disabled; having no physical disability.
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
Endowed with special, in particular intellectual, abilities.
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
(informal) Ingenious, brilliant, very clever, or original.
Having a lively or creative imagination.
Of keen insight or selective judgement; perceptive.
Easy to use, useful.
(of processes) Developed, improved.
Having or showing keenness or sharpness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.
Kind; gentle; mild.
(n)
Humour, especially when clever or quick.
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Having sufficient skill, knowledge, ability, or qualifications.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
(informal) Very intellectually capable.
Prepared for immediate action or use.
Dishonest; deceitful.
Senses relating to tangible things.
Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank.
Of a person or an animal:
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
Capable of reasoning.
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
Amusing; humorous; comical.
(v)
(informal) To work.
Slender; thin.
Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Malevolent.
That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite.
Highly intelligent.
Brightly sparkling.
(informal) Foolish.
(transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery
Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
(not comparable) Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
(informal, derogatory, especially of a person) Stupid.
Reflecting light.
Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
Not wise; lacking wisdom
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
(slang) Of poor quality or highly undesirable.
A small nail with a flat head.
A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
Commonwealth and Irish form standard spelling of skillful
A light bulb (not necessarily bulbous in shape).
(slang, chiefly Midwestern and Northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
(anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.
(informal) Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
A country in West Africa. Official name: Republic of Mali.
A white-bodied, wood-consuming insect of the infraorder Isoptera, in the order Blattodea.
A sea area, off the north coast of Ireland, centred on Malin Head.
A surname.
Alternative spelling of quickwitted. [Mentally keen and alert.]
Quick and light in movement or action.