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smartness

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As a noun, smartness means the state or quality of being smart, intelligence.

Meanings of smartness

7 meanings

noun

  1. The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.

  2. The state or quality of being smart in appearance.

  3. The result or product of being smart.

  4. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore

    Similar: smart, smarting

  5. Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

    Similar: brightness, cleverness

  6. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable

    Similar: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, stylishness, swank

  7. Liveliness and eagerness

    “he accepted with alacrity”

    “the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him”

    Similar: alacrity, briskness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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noun: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn o…
smartsmarting
noun: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
brightnesscleverness
noun: elegance by virtue of being fashionable
chicchicnesschichimodishnessstylishnessswanklast word
noun: liveliness and eagerness
alacritybriskness

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