Definition of clever | Bee Dictionary of English

s showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
too clever to be sound
s mentally quick and resourceful
you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker
s showing inventiveness and skill
a clever gadget

Data behind calls, e-mails reveal much
The general's mistress thought she was being clever by using anonymous e-mail accounts and sending messages using hotel WiFi networks. But metadata -- in this case the Internet protocol addresses pointing to network locations -- gave her away.
June 16, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal
Clever Uses for Facebook Graph Search
It's been several months since Facebook introduced Graph Search , and if you have it, you may be wondering what it's good for. The short answer: A lot of things! Here are some clever ways to make use of Graph Search if you already have it, and some reasons to sign up to get it if you don't have it already. Read more...
June 14, 2013 - Gawker
Microsoft Waits to Fix Your Software Bugs So the NSA Can Use Them First
In a move as fiendishly clever as it is galling, Microsoft tells the U.S. government about bugs in its notoriously buggy software before it fixes them so that intelligence agencies can use the vulnerabilities for the purposes of cyberspying. "That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes," sources tell Bloomberg's Michael ...
June 14, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News

Angela Merkel in RIA Novosti
I have made it clear that we need sustainable growth, and that growth and clever austerity measures don't have to be contradictions,she added.
Joe Calzaghe in 940 News
I had to let the punches go as the fight wore on,Calzaghe said. "He was very defensive. I was only hurt one time, but he never caught me with a clean punch. It was the toughest fight of my career. He's very clever. I'm very proud."
Charles Schumer in ABC News
It is sort of giving us the opportunity to talk to them, but not giving us the opportunity to get to the bottom of what really happened here,said Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat. "In that way, it is a pretty clever proposal."

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