ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Smartly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈsmɑː(ɹ)tli/ · Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Smartly is an adverb meaning With a fine or fashionable appearance.

Meaning

With a fine or fashionable appearance.

More Meanings

  1. Quickly.
  2. Intelligently.

Example Sentences

smartly dressed
He set smartly off towards the shops […]
She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

Synonyms for smartly

Depending on context, synonyms include vigorously, sprucely, modishly, cleverly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sprucely, cleverly, modishly, vigorously, intelligently, intelligent.

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