clever

1. (archaic) Sane; in one's right mind.Examples: "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, […]"archaic

2. (of objects or actions) Showing mental quickness and resourcefulness.Examples: "This is a simple but clever trick to solve the problem."; "Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today."

3. (of objects or actions) Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.Examples: "Mr. Woodhouse was almost as much interested in the business as the girls, and tried very often to recollect something worth their putting in. "So many clever riddles as there used to be when he was young--he wondered he could not remember them! but he hoped he should in time." And it always ended in "Kitty, a fair but frozen maid.""; "I felt they expected me to say clever things, and I never could think of any till after the party was over."; "Just before the break Villa were denied a second goal when Bent had the ball in the net, although he was ruled offside after Jean Makoun's clever pass."Synonyms: ingenious

4. (UK, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.Examples: "But at that moment I knew it was all over for me, I had never thought that this day would come, but it had and I was not feeling too clever. In fact I had to escape to a nearby toilet to be sick."; "Right, and no, because the solicitor has told her that Walter's legs didn't look too clever, which, apparently, everyone's putting down to a fall, thankfully."UKcolloquial

5. (US, dated) Good-natured; obliging.USdated

6. (anthropology, of an Aboriginal Australian) Possessing magical abilities.Examples: "When a clever man is out hunting and comes across the tracks of, say, a kangaroo, he follows them along and talks to the footprints all the time for the purpose of injecting magic into the animal which made them."; "Prior to this, the two women, who were “clever,” and possessed a certain amount of magical “power,”[…]."; "Fred is the clever fellow or tribal doctor who practises with the Kuku-Yalanji people. The tribal doctor’s work includes curing sickness, finding out the causes of death, predicting the future and making and stopping rain."Synonyms: magical