smartly

«smartly» in Mova's school dictionary: in a neat, tidy and good-looking way, especially about… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (smartly, more smartly, most smartly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Smartly means in a neat, tidy and good-looking way, especially about clothes. tree →

2) Smartly means quickly and sharply. tree →

3) Smartly can mean cleverly. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, pupils are asked to dress smartly for photos or concerts. In stories «stepped smartly» or «turned smartly» shows quick, brisk movement, often soldier-like. «He rapped smartly on the door» means a quick, firm knock. In The Wind in the Willows animals often step or reply smartly.

examples

• Everyone came to the wedding smartly dressed. tree →
• The soldier turned smartly and marched away. tree →
• She rapped smartly on the door. tree →
• Please walk smartly, we are late. tree →
• He answered the question smartly. tree →
• Toad stepped smartly into the motor car. tree →
• The waiter was smartly dressed in black and white. tree →
• ‘But you are very smartly dressed for the kind of life you lead,’ continued the old woman. tree →

note

From «smart». In British English «smart» often means neat and well-dressed; in American English it more often means clever. «Smartly» can also mean «quickly», so read the sentence to see which.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «smartly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.