clever fellow

collocation in English

meaningsofcleverandfellow

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clever
adjective
uk
/ˈklev.ər/us
/ˈklev.ɚ/
having or showing the ability to learn and understand things quickly ...
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fellow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfel.əʊ/us
/ˈfel.oʊ/
informal
a man, used especially in the past by people in a higher ...
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(Definition ofcleverandfellowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclever fellow

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In any event, he is a verycleverfellowto have done even a little of it, even if he just put the lid on.
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However, the organiser is very often the chap who is quite acleverfellow.
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If the man understood that, he is a verycleverfellow.
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Anyway, if he does, he is acleverfellow, because certainly his newspaper tells him nothing about it.
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The surveyor is a verycleverfellow.
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What acleverfellowhe is.
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He is acleverfellow.
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He must be acleverfellow.
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I have no pride in the draftsmanship of the amendment by comparison with those clever fellows the parliamentary draftsmen.
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And they all know best too, for they are monstrous clever fellows.
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Clever fellows, good fellows, it has ever had in abundance, but in all ages the world's great want has been "men".
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