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n. - Liveliness and eagerness; Elegance by virtue of being fashionable; Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty; A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore.

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  • The smartness of the pace soon exhausted him
  • But what I lack in smartness and funniness, I more than make up for in cruelty!
  • Wow, lots of smartness from the comments here.
  • His retorts are undeniably smart; but "smartness" is the attribute of a
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