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Definition: Smartly |
SmartlyAdverb1. In a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business". 2. With vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously". 3. In a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smartly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: SmartlySynonyms: cleverly (adv), modishly (adv), sprucely (adv), vigorously (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Smartly |
| English words defined with "smartly": cleverly ♦ modishly ♦ snag, spiv, sprucely, Spruntly ♦ turned out. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "smartly": Beau Trap ♦ Fine as Fivepence ♦ Paper a House, Prince Rupert's Drops. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "smartly": Spruntly. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He shook her smartly. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | BANGLADESH | During the flood-induced economic crisis in 1998, Bangladesh signaled a willingness to enter into another loan program; however, as the Bangladeshi economy recovered smartly from economic disruptions caused by the floods, Bangladesh's enthusiasm for a new loan program waned. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Smartly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Smartly" is used about 297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 297 | 16,856 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "smartly": smartly-cut, smartly-dressed, smartly-suited, smartly-taken. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
efficiently more smartly than their work | 16 |
dance smartly | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "smartly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 聪明地 (Cleverly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | roublard (smart). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | superschlau, schnell (apace, expeditious, fast, flying, hasty, hurry, prompt, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rapids, slippy, smart, soon, spanking, speedily, speedy, swift, swiftly), schlau (artful, astute, brightly, canny, clever, cleverly, crafty, cunning, cunningly, cute, foxy, leery, neat, neatly, nifty, sharp, shifty, shrewd, shrewdly, slily, sly, slyly, smart, sneaky, vulpine, vulpinely, wily, wise), schick (chic, chick, dressy, elegant, fancy, modish, modishly, natty, peachiness, peachy, posh, smart, smartness, sophisticated, spiffy, style, stylish, tony, trendy), rasch (brisk, fast, hasty, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rash, smart, speedy, swift, swiftly), neunmalklug (smart), gewitzt (clever, cunning, shrewd, sly, smart), flott (brisk, briskly, dashing, glamorous, glamourous, jauntily, lively, nifty, nippy, perky, punchy, quick, racy, saucy, slippy, smart, snazzily, snazzy, speedy, sporty, Spruce, sprucely, swift, swiftly, vigorous, zippy), fix (able, adroit, bright, clever, dexterous, fix, fixed, nifty, proficient, pronto, quick, skillful, smart), clever (bright, clever, crafty, cunning, needle-sharp, sharp, shrewd, shrewdly, slick, smart), blitzschnell (in a flash, lickety-split, lightning, like lightning, smart, split second). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έξυπνα (cleverly, intelligently, neatly, shrewdly, wittily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | elegantemente (nattily), con arguzia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | お'落 (fashion-conscious, smartly dressed, someone smartly dressed), 御'落 (fashion-conscious, smartly dressed, someone smartly dressed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おしゃれ (fashion-conscious, smartly dressed, someone smartly dressed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기민하게 (shrewdly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | artlysmay repede (anon, apace, brisk, briskly, early, fast, fleet, fleetingly, hasty, hurried, in the same breath, quick, quickly, rapid, rapidly, rash, soon, speedy, sudden, swift, swiftly, winged), prompt (nimble, nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, ready-witted, speedy, swift, unhesitating), elegant (daintily, dainty, Dandy, dashing, dressy, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, graceful, gracefully, jaunty, polite, smart, smug, spicy, stylish, swell, tasty, well-dressed), cochet (arch, archly, coquettish, demurely, flirtatious, saucy, stylish). (various references) шикарно, аккуратно (accurately, neatly, punctually, tidily, trimly), быстро (amain, apace, fast, hotfoot, in short order, overnight, promptly, pronto, quick, quickly, rapidly, speedily, swiftly, trippingly). (various references) cauto (cautious, clever, deliberate, foxy, sly, smart). (various references) snyggt (tidily). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Smartly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aspartyl, Martley, sartilly, Smartgl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "smartly" (pronounced smÄ"rtlē) |
| 5 | -Ä" r t l ē | partly. |
| 4 | -r t l ē | courtly, portly, shortly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brightly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, lightly, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nightly, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, politely, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, rightly, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, significantly, silently, slightly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, unsightly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-r-s-t-y" | |
-1 letter: smarty, stylar. | |
-2 letters: amyls, artsy, aryls, lyart, malts, malty, marls, marly, marts, mayst, salty, satyr, slaty, smalt, smart, stray, trams, trays, tryma. | |
-3 letters: alms, alts, amyl, arms, army, arts, arty, aryl, lams, lars, last, lats, lays, malt, marl, mars, mart, mast, mats, mays, rams, rats, rays, ryas, salt, slam, slat, slay, star, stay. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-r-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: masterly. | |
+2 letters: lathyrism, palmistry. | |
+3 letters: lathyrisms, osmolarity, similarity. | |
+4 letters: craftsmanly, customarily, erythrismal, heartsomely, magistrally, masterfully, mayoralties, methylators, monocrystal, muscularity, sportsmanly, stimulatory, symmetrical. | |
+5 letters: amateurishly, assimilatory, asymmetrical, demonstrably, isothermally, lachrymators, lachrymosity, meristically, microanalyst, microcrystal, monocrystals, subnormality, voluntaryism. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6D 61 72 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -- .- .-. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101101 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S m a r t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006D 0061 0072 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53796784867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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