Smartness

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being smart, intelligence. uncountable
  2. 2
    liveliness and eagerness wordnet
  3. 3
    The state or quality of being smart in appearance. uncountable

    "The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles."

  4. 4
    elegance by virtue of being fashionable wordnet
  5. 5
    The result or product of being smart. countable
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  1. 6
    intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty wordnet
  2. 7
    a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore wordnet

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acuityagilityalacrityalacrityaptitudeattention

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"She was dressed with exceeding smartness and wore several bangle bracelets that glittered and rattled and tinkled with every movement of her hands."

Etymology

From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).

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