smartness
noun
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noun
Etymology: From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).
- The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
“The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles.”
- The result or product of being smart.