smartness

From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart +‎ -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).

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smartness (countable and uncountable, plural smartnesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
2. (uncountable) The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
   • 1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Lauder Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:

     The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles.

3. (countable) The result or product of being smart.

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