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cleverly

cle·verly

UK/ˈklɛvəli/ US/ˈklɛvɚli/ uncommon us

adverb

1.

in a clever manner

  • “they were cleverly arranged”
  • “a smartly managed business”
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Origin

Perhaps a variant of Cleveley, through an irregular development, or a possibly a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Hampshire, from Old English clǣfre (“clover”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”) and thus equivalent to clover + -ley (“lea”).

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