smartish

Historical Examples

• This evening I had company in the shape of a bagman, a smartish fellow.

  A Thin Ghost and Others

  M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James

• The horses have come along at a smartish pace and will do with a breather.

  On the Road to Bagdad

  F. S. Brereton

• After an hour and a quarter of smartish walking, I reach the door.

  Nancy

  Rhoda Broughton

• When I sees un I says, 'I can see you've 'ad a smartish doing, old boy.'

  A Cotswold Village

  J. Arthur Gibbs

• A smartish piece of goods upon my word for Pembrokeshire; quite a London lady, eh, Miss?'

  Emmeline

  Charlotte Turner Smith