clever

Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.

My dad is quite clever with his hands, especially at carpentry.

a. 1898, Francis James Child (collator), Child's Ballads, 198: "Bonny John Seton", The Highland men, they're clever men At handling sword and shield,

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

The cleverest and most prolific inventors, such as Reiner Knizia (who lives in England) are nerdy superstars. Euro (also “German-style”) games must not be confused with “Ameritrash” games, which generally involve high drama and employ plastic pieces, though arguing over what the difference is seems to be gamers' second-favourite pastime.

Mentally quick and resourceful; skilled at achieving what one wants in a mentally agile and inventive way.

clever like a fox

With a clever lawyer, she could easily be acquitted.

Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.

And so make life, death, and that vast forever / One grand, sweet song.

Lord Macaulay has said of Bunyan: “though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. One of these minds produced ‘The Paradise Lost;’ the other, ‘The Pilgrim's Progress.’”

Sane; in one's right mind.

He was not clever, poor fellow, he did not know what questions to ask; he asked the same questions again and again. He continued to show his own troubled thoughts, and the vague dread in his mind, […]

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