smartness
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
smartness (countable and uncountable, plural smartnesses)
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
- 1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Lauder Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
- The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles.
- (countable) The result or product of being smart.
Translations edit
the state or quality of being smart
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