smartness
pronunciation
How to pronounce smartness in British English:
UK [smɑ:tnəs]
How to pronounce smartness in American English:
US [smɑtnəs]
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- Noun:
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
Word Origin
- smartness (n.)
- c. 1300, "severity," from smart (adj.) + -ness. From 1752 as "trimness," 1800 as "cleverness."
Example
- 1. New lohas : lifestyle of happiness and smartness .
- 2. Lacking in smartness or taste .
- 3. Smartness and courage to make our system fair and clean .
- 4. Marked by smartness in dress and manners .
- 5. Your peer like you as a person first , then admire your academic smartness .