smartly
5
3.5
- adverb
- /ˈsmɑrtli/
:
elegantemente
- The actors walked on stage, each smartly attired in tailored suits that impressed the audience.
- smartly dressed
Because I dressed smartly and, you know, because I had nice things.
- Because I dressed smartly and, you know, because I had nice things.
Examples
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The choir teacher is a smartly dressed black woman.
Fiction book (1999) -
A small, elderly man, smartly dressed, with an exceptionally lively, intelligent face and an immediately perceptible air of sadness.
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Because I dressed smartly and, you know, because I had nice things.
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How about that smartly dressed youngster in the front row?
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The TV showed a brightly colored studio set with two smartly dressed young people sitting on plastic chairs.
Fiction book (1998) -
A line of limousines deposits smartly dressed people beside the forecourt.
Fiction book (1996) -
The immense buildings of glass and steel glinting in the afternoon sun, the smartly dressed women in their best summer frocks, the colorful street vendors.
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Fiona dresses smartly, always, "dressed for success," as the advertisers (and her sisters) put it.
Fiction book (1999) -
Joe Glaser's assistant enters: Gloria, a black woman of about forty, smartly dressed and groomed.
Fiction book (2001) -
She always dresses smartly for work, combining elegance with a modern style.
Synonyms
93
1.0
To do something in a tidy and careful way
22
3.9
In a graceful and stylish way
14
2.9
In a stylish way that follows what is popular now
11
3.9
In a way that looks elegant and not showy in clothes or rooms
4
3.5
In a fashionable and elegant way
1
7.3
In a neat, stylish way
1
5.0
In a stylish and elegant way
In a neat, stylish way, especially in how someone dresses
In a smart, stylish way
In a fashionable way that follows current trends
Quickly in a stylish, lively way
In a neat, tidy, and smart way
Someone arranges things in a neat and tidy way
Antonyms
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Smartly comes from smart, which long ago meant a sharp pain or 'sting'. People then used the idea of 'sharp' to mean neat and stylish, so to be smartly dressed is to be 'neat and fashionable'.