smartly
- adverb
- /ˈsmɑrtli/
- The student smartly solved the difficult problem by thinking outside the box.
- saluted smartly
- moved smartly
- stepped smartly
And, and to show that you can take risks smartly and learn from them.
- And, and to show that you can take risks smartly and learn from them.
- Just use it smartly and use it for business.
- And as you said, you did it smartly by incrementing your steps.
- So I started using single to double S so I could secure it and move around smartly.
- Vince Gilligan very slyly and smartly tells you what it's about in the second scene.
- And you know, there's probably other companies that would have been, but YouTube would have been massive, but Google bought them out smartly, you know, so they became part of.
- Everyone has sort of their ideal face, so the software smartly goes through and merges the best smiling, non blinking face for everyone in the selfie.
- But the proposal is interesting nevertheless, because Reed went to some length to explain how to go about nuking a hurricane smartly.
- I run a a think tank called the Copenhagen Consensus where we look at the world's big problems and how we can smartly fix them.
- Do things smartly or smartly cleverly with that's not a good word either.
- You're also trying to think about what to say smartly and concise and efficiently, and you're not trying to talk about things that are out of the scope of your outline.
Examples
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But the fact is that we are moving very smartly in the direction of a cleaner mix of energy sources.
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Everyone has sort of their ideal face, so the software smartly goes through and merges the best smiling, non blinking face for everyone in the selfie.
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Just use it smartly and use it for business.
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Their jobs are to make sure the firm is using the latest technology smartly.
Academic text (2007) -
You can smartly produce publications, produce films that play to that community.
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We are just fourteen years old, just learning how to smartly say what we feel.
Blog text (14) -
We could really find ways to deploy much more rapidly and more smartly nuclear power if we decided to go there.
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We can create guidelines, best practices, and rules, but using them smartly requires an understanding of more than just the steps.
Academic text (2014) -
Rosemary has led the MLA's response smartly, knowledgeably, and with great good humor.
Academic text (2016) -
I mean, Amazon's smartly doing that with Twitch and letting people broadcast Twitch and do commentaries themselves about Amazon Prime content.
Synonyms
To act with good sense and careful thought
In a very clever and skillful way that impresses people
In a smart way that shows skill and good ideas
In a smart way that shows good sense
To do something very well because you have practice and control
In a clever way that shows good sense in practical matters
In a clever way that uses new ideas to solve problems
In a skillful and clever way
In a clever, careful way that shows good sense
In a clever and careful way to get an advantage
Acting wisely and carefully to make good decisions
In a clever way that helps you find quick solutions in difficult situations
In a wise way that shows good judgment
Antonyms
How Clever
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Smartly comes from smart, which later also meant 'quick' or 'sharp' in the mind. That's why to do something smartly is to do it 'cleverly' or with skill.