CLEVER

[adjective] -er, -est - having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly and easilyJudy has never been very clever, but she tries hard.He was once called the cleverest man in all England.Fiona is very clever at physics.Clever girl, well done!Charlie has a clever idea/plan for getting us out of our present difficulties.My mother is very clever with her hands (= is skilful at making things with her hands).I've got this clever (= well-designed) little gadget which opens jars that I can't open myself.That's enough clever talk (= talk which shows an able mind but is not sincere, polite or serious), young lady.(UK informal disapproving) If you're such a clever dick/clever clogs (= you have such an able mind), you finish the crossword puzzle.(informal disapproving) You're too clever by half (= You annoy people by making it too obvious that you have an able mind).