smartly meaning

smartly as an adverb

1. in a clever manner
   • they were cleverly arranged
   • a smartly managed business

   Synonyms: cleverly

   Related forms: clever

2. with vigor; in a vigorous manner
   • he defended his ideas vigorously

   Synonyms: vigorously

   Related forms: vigorous

3. in a stylish manner
   • He was smartly dressed

   Synonyms: modishly, sprucely

   Related forms: smart

smartly in a sentence

• Why are you all so smartly dressed?
• She was smartly dressed.
• Ziri had to do that smartly.
• Tom is smartly dressed.

How to pronounce smartly

smartly is pronounced /ˈsmɑrtli/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with smartly

• partly
• tartly