smartly C1 Topic:Art & Music US /ˈsmɑː(ɹ)tli/ See IPA manual Freq #37100 Meanings 1 adv in a stylish manner They were smartly dressed for an evening out. 2 adv With a fine or fashionable appearance. Smartly dressed. 3 adv Quickly. She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky. 4 adv with vigor Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a stylish manner stylishly 4 adv · with vigor vigorously Common collocations smartly dressed Adverb + adjective Etymology From Middle English smertly; equivalent to smart + -ly. Topics Art & Music External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # smartly **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈsmɑː(ɹ)tli/ **Frequency rank:** 37100 ## Meanings 1. in a stylish manner 2. With a fine or fashionable appearance. 3. Quickly. 4. with vigor ## Examples - They were smartly dressed for an evening out. - Smartly dressed. - She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky. ## Etymology From Middle English smertly; equivalent to smart + -ly. ## Topics - Art & Music markdown