Clever

Morpheme

Clever

Type

free base

Denotation

handy, dexterous, expert at seizing

Etymology

East Anglian cliver; Middle English cliver

Evidence

clever, cleverer, cleverest, cleverish, cleverly, cleverness, cleversome, hyperclever, overclever, ultraclever, unclever

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable