[syn: alacrity, briskness, smartness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Smartness \Smart"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being smart.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
smartness
n 1: a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or
a sore [syn: smart, smarting, smartness]
2: intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty [syn:
brightness, cleverness, smartness]
3: elegance by virtue of being fashionable [syn: chic,
chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness,
stylishness, swank, last word]
4: liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the
smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" [syn: alacrity,
briskness, smartness]