clever > define

Showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others.
- usage: "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"
- synonyms: cagey, cagy, canny
Mentally quick and resourceful."an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man... You reason well and your wit is bold-Bram Stoker
- synonyms: apt
Showing inventiveness and skill.
- usage: "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
- synonyms: cunning, ingenious

(a.) Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent or adroitness; expert.
(a.) Having fitness, propriety or suitableness.
(a.) Well-shaped; handsome.
(a.) Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
(a.) Good-natured; obliging.

by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Clever is either masculine or feminine given name