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Smart   /smɑrt/   Listen
Smart

adjective
(compar. smarter; superl. smartest)
1.
Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
2.
Elegant and stylish.  Synonyms: chic, voguish.  "A smart new dress" , "A suit of voguish cut"
3.
Characterized by quickness and ease in learning.  Synonym: bright.  "Smart children talk earlier than the average"
4.
Improperly forward or bold.  Synonyms: fresh, impertinent, impudent, overbold, sassy, saucy, wise.  "Impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup" , "An impudent boy given to insulting strangers" , "Don't get wise with me!"
5.
Painfully severe.
6.
Quick and brisk.  "We walked at a smart pace"
7.
Capable of independent and apparently intelligent action.
noun
1.
A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore.  Synonyms: smarting, smartness.
verb
(past & past part. smarted; pres. part. smarting)
1.
Be the source of pain.  Synonyms: ache, hurt.



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"Smart" Quotes from Famous Books



... smart and useful man had been a nurse in the Army Medical Corps, which he left some years ago with a good character. Occasionally he found a job at nursing, and stayed at the Shelter, where he was given employment ...
— Regeneration • H. Rider Haggard
... patronisingly on the passengers, as ignorant foreigners who were too certain to be tempted by the treasures which they displayed to need any solicitations. One went by the name of Jamaica Joe, a Negro blacker than the night, in smart white coat and smart black trousers; a tall courtly gentleman, with the organ of self-interest, to judge from his physiognomy, very highly developed. But he was thrown into the shade by a stately brown lady, who was still very handsome—beautiful, if you will—and knew it, ...
— At Last • Charles Kingsley
... presents daily a scene more peculiar and quite as gay as the Bois de Boulogne, or the Prater of Vienna, being crowded at that hour by the beauty and fashion of the town enjoying an afternoon drive or horseback ride. Here may be seen gigs driven by young Neapolitans in dashing style, and some smart brushes in the way of racing take place. The small Italian horses are real flyers, and are driven only too recklessly over the crowded course. Mingling with the throng are long lines of donkeys laden with merchandise, ...
— Foot-prints of Travel - or, Journeyings in Many Lands • Maturin M. Ballou
... Drat them!" roared Mr. Farnum. "Making me, and the rest of us, accomplices of a dastardly defaulter. If I ever run afoul of that crowd again—if I ever get my hands on them—won't I make them smart for ...
— The Submarine Boys on Duty - Life of a Diving Torpedo Boat • Victor G. Durham
... "It is so much more interesting to talk about people than things." The sentiment was highly characteristic of the mental calibre and associations of the speaker; and certainly the habitual talk—for it is not conversation—of that section of society which calls itself "smart" seems to touch the lowest depth of spiteful and sordid dullness. But still, when the mischiefs of habitual personality have been admitted to the uttermost, there remains something to be said on the other side. We are not inhabitants of Jupiter or Saturn, but human ...
— Collections and Recollections • George William Erskine Russell


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