Word Study
smartly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial smartly has 3 senses
- smartly(r = adv.all) cleverly - in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business"
- smartly(r = adv.all) vigorously - with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"
- smartly(r = adv.all) modishly, sprucely - in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"
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