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# smartly

«smartly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a neat, tidy and good-looking way, especially about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (smartly, more smartly, most smartly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Smartly means in a neat, tidy and good-looking way, especially about clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#m1)

2) Smartly means quickly and sharply. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#m2)

3) Smartly can mean cleverly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school, pupils are asked to dress smartly for photos or concerts. In stories «stepped smartly» or «turned smartly» shows quick, brisk movement, often soldier-like. «He rapped smartly on the door» means a quick, firm knock. In The Wind in the Willows animals often step or reply smartly.

### examples

- Everyone came to the wedding smartly dressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x1)
- The soldier turned smartly and marched away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x2)
- She rapped smartly on the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x3)
- Please walk smartly, we are late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x4)
- He answered the question smartly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x5)
- Toad stepped smartly into the motor car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x6)
- The waiter was smartly dressed in black and white. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x7)
- ‘But you are very smartly dressed for the kind of life you lead,’ continued the old woman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/#x8)

### note

From «smart». In British English «smart» often means neat and well-dressed; in American English it more often means clever. «Smartly» can also mean «quickly», so read the sentence to see which.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «smartly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/smartly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.