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trot, etc.),
e.g. He made a smart job of it;
3.clever, quick-witted, skilful;
as a smart man (boy, lad,
writer, student, lawyer, businessman, talker); a smart idea (retort, saying, device, invention, etc.),
e.g. He's too smart for me. I can't prove his guilt. "You're smarter than I am, I suppose. You know
more about the world than I do"; 4. clever, often in an impudent way, shrewd, as a smart answer
(reply, etc.), e.g. Don't get smart with me, young man, or I'l l slap your face; a smart Alec(k) an
impudent person who thinks he is clever, e.g. He's a smart Alec(k); 5. bright in appearance, new
looking, as a smart house (motorcar, garden, ship, etc.), e.g. They've painted their cottage yellow
and it looks so smart; 6. fashionable, as a smart dress (hat, shoes), smart clothes (society, etc.), e.g. I
say, you do look smart; the smart set - a rich, fashionable, and usually, idle group of people, e.g.
Al l the smart set l eft the cit y for the summer.
6. half-way adj situated at an equal distance from two ends,
e.g. We made up our minds to
p u t up for the night in that half-way inn.
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