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Definition of "smartly" [smart•ly]

  • In a smart manner. (adverb)
  • Quickly (adverb)

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Use "smartly" in a sentence
  • "Luckily, the album has not yet run its course (remember that John Mayer's Room For Squares took a good year or so before breaking), and the label smartly has refused to throw in the towel."
  • "Unfortunately the only time the ship turns smartly is when there's money to be made by someone in a position of influence."
  • "Boys who had grown up watching Sesame Street, reading Enid Blyton, eating cornflakes for breakfast, attending the university staff primary school in smartly polished brown sandals, were now cutting through the mosquito netting of their neighbors’ windows, sliding out glass louvers, and climbing in to steal TVs and VCRs."
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