cleverishadj.
/ˈklɛvərɪʃ/ Somewhat clever.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adjective] > skilful or adroit
hendc1275
happya1400
clean1485
habile1485
practivea1500
feat1519
well-handeda1529
handsome1542
trick1542
neat1571
dexterous1622
adroit1652
right-handeda1661
artful1663
nitle1673
ambidextrousa1682
clever1716
jemmy1751
slick1807
sleek1822
cleverish1826
featy1844
two-handed1861
nifty1889
mean1918
organized1926
ept1938
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] > somewhat clever
smartish1738
cleverish1826
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. ii. x. 152 A cleverish fellow.
1833 T. B. Macaulay in Life & Lett. (1889) 242 They are the letters of a cleverish man.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. ii. 21 A few cleverish speeches and a good many cleverish pamphlets.
Derivatives
ˈcleverishly adv.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [adverb] > skilfully or adroitly
slylyc1275
sly1370
featly1436
addresslya1500
sleightly?c1510
clean1531
trickly1542
neatlya1547
trick1564
cleanly1583
cleverly1654
clever1664
adroitly1695
adeptly1804
slick1825
shrewdly1851
cleverishly1881
slickly1893
niftily1901
eptly1974
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adverb] > somewhat cleverly
cleverishly1881
1881 W. Thomson Bacon & Shakespeare 2 Though evaders cleverishly conceal the fact.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1826