"cliver" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} cliver
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) clever Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cliver-en-adj-DolcMjzH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner",
          "text": "For I've often a deal inside me as'll never come out; and for what you talk o' your folks in your old country niver saying prayers by heart nor saying 'em out of a book, they must be wonderful cliver; for if I didn't know \"Our Father\", and little bits o' good words as I can carry out o' church wi' me, I might down o' my knees every night, but nothing could I say.\"",
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