English Dictionary: Smartest | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Smart \Smart\, a. [Compar. {Smarter}; superl. {Smartest}.] [OE. smerte. See {Smart}, v. i.] 1. Causing a smart; pungent; pricking; as, a smart stroke or taste. How smart lash that speech doth give my conscience. --Shak. 2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain. 3. Vigorous; sharp; severe. [bd]Smart skirmishes, in which many fell.[b8] --Clarendon. 4. Accomplishing, or able to accomplish, results quickly; active; sharp; clever. [Colloq.] 5. Efficient; vigorous; brilliant. [bd]The stars shine smarter.[b8] --Dryden. 6. Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying. Who, for the poor renown of being smart Would leave a sting within a brother's heart? --Young. A sentence or two, . . . which I thought very smart. --Addison. 7. Pretentious; showy; spruce; as, a smart gown. |