SMARTNESS

alacrity, briskness, smartness

(noun) liveliness and eagerness; “he accepted with alacrity”; “the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him”

chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word

(noun) elegance by virtue of being fashionable

brightness, cleverness, smartness

(noun) intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

smart, smarting, smartness

(noun) a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

smartness (countable and uncountable, plural smartnesses)

(uncountable) The state or quality of being smart.

(countable) The result or product of being smart.

Anagrams

• manstress

Source: Wiktionary


Smart"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being smart.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

21 April 2025

ENCYCLOPEDIA

(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty


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