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Dictionary definition: smart
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- The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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smart
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smärt
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adj.
1.
inf.
having or showing a quick-witted intelligence:
if he was that smart he would never have been tricked.
∎
(of a device) capable of independent and seemingly intelligent action:
hi-tech smart weapons.
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showing impertinence by making clever or sarcastic remarks:
don't get smart or I'll whack you one.
2.
(of a person) clean, neat, and well-dressed:
you look very smart.
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(of clothes) attractively neat and stylish:
a smart blue skirt.
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(of a thing) bright and fresh in appearance:
a smart green van.
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(of a person or place) fashionable and ...
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... ... feeling silly and ridiculous -- all because of Veet. But the stinging pain of my Veeting was nothing compared to what I felt when a female ... low-maintenance. Those choices don't make a woman any smarter; they just make her less hairy on her head and hairier everywhere ...
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