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smartish

smartish adjective: rather smart.

Adjective

smartish (comparative more smartish, superlative most smartish)

  1. Rather smart

Adverb

smartish (comparative more smartish, superlative most smartish)

  1. smartly
  2. (colloquial) rapidly; without dawdling
    • The work's to be done smartish, for inside the hour we'll have Mr Drew's visitors on our necks.2012, Josephine Cox, Whistledown Woman

Forms of smartish

Adjective
comparativemore smartish
superlativemost smartish
Adverb
comparativemore smartish
superlativemost smartish

Origin of smartish

From smart + -ish.

Questions about smartish

What does smartish mean?
Smartish means rather smart.
What part of speech is smartish?
Smartish can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near smartish in the dictionary

  1. smarties
  2. smarting
  3. smarting off
  4. smartingly
  5. smartings
  6. smartish
  7. Smartism
  8. smartle
  9. smartled
  10. smartles
  11. smartless

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