Clever in a sentence as an adjective

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The goal of the LHC is to teach us about the world, not stroke physicists' egos and tell us how clever our existing theories are.

It's the first postmodern corporation, cleverly designed to look like a free market.

In a rush to applaud cleverness, Twitter seems to have lept to the conclusion that "clever attack" means "vulnerable target".

[1] In his notes, Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy, Rawls talks about how his students eagerly come up with clever refute the propositions of great thinkers.

If you try to add capacity to a system at 100% utilization, it is not going to work.> 5. mongos is unreliable> The mongod/config server/mongos architecture is actually pretty reasonable and clever.

It's nice if the constraints are prioritized so you know what to give up if you can't satisfy them all. But there's nothing quite like saying "Yeah, we did this thing in two weeks that everyone assumed was impossible, and we did it without a binary push" or "Through our clever architecture, we accomplished with one server what everyone thought required a whole rack.

I learned something new and mathematically-interesting about the natural world, the author came up with a clever hack to enliven backgrounds, and we learn how to apply that to improve our own designs.

Topic other than discussing the irresponsibility of "outing" a guy using the clever tricks of using his name and public records look ups.> A libertarian, Nakamoto encouraged his daughter to be independent, start her own business and "not be under the government's thumb," she says.

Clever definitions

adjective

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others; "a cagey lawyer"; "too clever to be sound"

See also: cagey cagy canny

adjective

mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker

adjective

showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

See also: cunning ingenious