different between cleverly vs craftily

English

From clever +? -ly.

cleverly (comparative more cleverly, superlative most cleverly)

Wittily; in a tricky manner.
He joked cleverly with each guest.
Intelligently directed to a purpose.
Cleverly, he found ways of ingratiating himself with all the important guests.
(now US dialect) Completely, fully.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 6:
  “I ain't a-goin' ter let leetle Mose be kep' up hyar till midnight a-waitin' for you-uns ter milk the cow. It's cleverly dark now.”

From Middle English craftyly, craftily, craftiliche, from Old English cræfti?l??e (“craftily, skillfully”), equivalent to crafty +? -ly.

craftily (comparative more craftily, superlative most craftily)

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