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cleverly | sharply | Synonyms |

Cleverly is a synonym of sharply.


As a proper noun cleverly

is .

As an adverb sharply is

in a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.

cleverly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Wittily; in a tricky manner.
    • He joked cleverly with each guest.
  • Intelligently directed to a purpose.
    • Cleverly , he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Andrew Benson , title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The double world champion quickly closed on to the rear of the Williams, but Maldonado drove cleverly to ensure he was always far enough ahead at the start of the pit straight to ensure Alonso could not pass him.}}
  • Completely, fully.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 6:
  • *:“I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”
    • English manner adverbs English act-related adverbs

    sharply

    English

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a sharp manner; pertaining to precision.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 11 , author=Rory Houston , title=Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland , work=RTE Sport citation , page= , passage=Walters tried a long range shot in the third minute as he opened the game sharply , linking well with Robbie Keane, but goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko gathered the ball with ease.}}
  • Intellectually alert and penetrating.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=
    • , title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply . The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.}}
  • * 2013 June 18, , " Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
    • The economy has slowed to a pale shadow of its growth in recent years; inflation is high, the currency is declining sharply against the dollar — but the expectations of Brazilians have rarely been higher, feeding broad intolerance with corruption, bad schools and other government failings.