Definition of Smartish

1. Adjective. Rather smart ¹

2. Adverb. smartly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Smartish

1. somewhat smart [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smartish

smartcards
smartdust
smarted
smarted off
smarten
smarten up
smartened
smartening
smartens
smarter
smartest
smartie
smarties
smarting
smarting off
smartish (current term)
smartly
smartmouth
smartmouthed
smartmouthing
smartmouths
smartness
smartnesses
smartphone
smartphones
smarts
smarts off
smartweed
smartweeds
smarty

Literary usage of Smartish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham by Edward Peacock (1877)
"Smart dale [smaa'rt clail], a good deal (Holton). smartish ... smartish-few, «. a fair quantity. ' Did you have many apples this year? ..."

2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1882)
"smartish, thank you.' Sorry, adj. thin-witted, not up to much. ' He 's a sorry fellow.' Spinney, a sinall wood. ' Had her horse but been fed upon English ..."

3. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"smartish, on the contrary, is never used except to denote goodness of some kind. " Her's a smartish piece like " would mean that she is an active, ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Kentish Dialect and Provincialisms in Use in the County by William Douglas Parish, William Francis Shaw, John White Masters (1887)
"How be to-day, Missis r ' ' smartish.' smartish-few, s. a fair quantity. ' Did you have many apples this year ? ' 'A smartish-few ..."

5. A Study in the Warwickshire Dialect by Appleton Morgan (1899)
"smartish (adjective and adverb). I'm getting on smartish doing well). Un's smartish a'day = = 1 am prospering (or He is prosperous at present. Burrowed. ..."

6. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"smartish, adj. and adv. Fairly well. 'How are you?' ' smartish, thank you.' ' I'm getting on smartish now.' Smatch, ab. A. smack, taste, taint. ..."

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