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Noun: smartness  smaa(r)t-nus
  1. A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
    - smart, smarting
     
  2. Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
    - brightness, cleverness
     
  3. Elegance by virtue of being fashionable
    - chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, stylishness, swank [informal], last word
     
  4. Liveliness and eagerness
    "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him";
    - alacrity, briskness

Type of: elegance, elegancy [archaic], hurting, intelligence, life, liveliness, pain, spirit, sprightliness

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