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smartly
[ smahrt-lee ]
adverb
- in a neat, trim way:
At this boarding school, students must be smartly dressed and properly prepared for each class.
- in an elegant, sophisticated, or fashionable way:
The contemporary white cabinets are smartly accented by modern terracotta tile.
- in a way that shows quick intelligence or good practical judgment:
Smartly used, the tools I've highlighted will make you a better and more effective manager.
- shrewdly or sharply, as in business; strategically:
Plan smartly, act coolly, and then retaliate when it best suits you.
- in a clever or witty way:
The narrator in this song smartly observes that "the only thing that stays the same is everything changes."
- quickly or promptly:
When the drill sergeant gives them an order, the recruits obey smartly.
- briskly or vigorously:
The detective took the warrant from the officer and walked smartly into the inner office without knocking.
- in a pert or saucy way:
Asked if the two of them could stop bickering like children and listen up, she retorted smartly, "I can if he can."
- in a sharp, precise, or severe way and with a cracking sound, as of striking or slapping:
Under water, two rocks struck smartly together can be heard over a great distance.
Mark out the shape of the hole by placing the metal plate in position and tapping it smartly with a hammer.
- Digital Technology. in a remote, automated, self-regulating, or seemingly intelligent way that makes use of electronic control mechanisms and programming, microprocessors, internet access, etc.:
When our all-wheel drive system senses excessive slip, it smartly sends power to the wheel with the surest footing.
- sharply or keenly, as pain:
I refused to limp, though my shin hurt smartly from the blow.
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- su·per·smart·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of smartly1
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Example Sentences
The data these devices produce across so many in-depth connections is the fuel for powerful digital applications, from weather prediction systems to smart buildings that regulate their own climates to self-driving cars.
The data from the smart micro-vehicles can be used to slow a scooter down, minimize congestion or lock out people who don’t follow local transportation rules.
The ultimate goal is to create an ecosystem of apps that allow for what Mayer describes as “smart, small-scale sharing.”
For example, at Samsung Ads, the approach is to leverage ACR data from more than 50 million smart TVs.
Whether you work at a brand, a publisher or an agency, you’ll receive regular insights that will help you make smarter decisions at your job and in your career.
These chicken pot pies are twists on an American classic, and smartly turned out if made for company.
On stage, the smartly suited Mixner was both very funny and very serious, and he cried after confessing the mercy killings.
And he has just the idea: a radical new video service, the details of which he's smartly keeping under wraps.
He's lampooned all of these politicians—quite smartly, too—on SNL.
Overall, the report presented a picture of an economy in which both consumer and business activity is rising smartly.
He had leaped very smartly to this point of vantage, nevertheless he found Jumbo there before him, chattering worse than ever!
Tommy walked smartly up to her, despite the stern gaze of a suspicious policeman on the opposite side of the street.
That privates should obey, and that they should be smartly punished if they disobey, this one can understand very well.
Saying this, Dick and his friends left the buoy-store, and walked smartly off to their several places of abode in the town.
Mrs. Younge replied very smartly to some questions of her husband.
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