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smartly
[ smahrt-lee ]
adverb
- in a neat, trim way:
At this boarding school, students must be smartly dressed and properly prepared for each class.
- in an elegant, sophisticated, or fashionable way:
The contemporary white cabinets are smartly accented by modern terracotta tile.
- in a way that shows quick intelligence or good practical judgment:
Smartly used, the tools I've highlighted will make you a better and more effective manager.
- shrewdly or sharply, as in business; strategically:
Plan smartly, act coolly, and then retaliate when it best suits you.
- in a clever or witty way:
The narrator in this song smartly observes that "the only thing that stays the same is everything changes."
- quickly or promptly:
When the drill sergeant gives them an order, the recruits obey smartly.
- briskly or vigorously:
The detective took the warrant from the officer and walked smartly into the inner office without knocking.
- in a pert or saucy way:
Asked if the two of them could stop bickering like children and listen up, she retorted smartly, "I can if he can."
- in a sharp, precise, or severe way and with a cracking sound, as of striking or slapping:
Under water, two rocks struck smartly together can be heard over a great distance.
Mark out the shape of the hole by placing the metal plate in position and tapping it smartly with a hammer.
- Digital Technology. in a remote, automated, self-regulating, or seemingly intelligent way that makes use of electronic control mechanisms and programming, microprocessors, internet access, etc.:
When our all-wheel drive system senses excessive slip, it smartly sends power to the wheel with the surest footing.
- sharply or keenly, as pain:
I refused to limp, though my shin hurt smartly from the blow.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smartly1
Example Sentences
Ekrem Imamoglu - always smartly turned out, even as he prepared to be detained - is the main rival to Turkey's increasingly authoritarian leader.
Artingstall landed a straight left in round two to send Chapman down to the canvas and fought smartly at range with her jab throughout.
Trump smartly hammered away at that reality as a candidate.
It’s smartly written, festooned with quirky business, farcical situations, droll asides.
If ever there were a Super Bowl that needed a bunch of surprising, cool and smartly written commercials, it was Super Bowl LIX.
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