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Smartness

The quality or state of being smart.

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Broader term 8

Elegance 76% connected

Alt. of Elegancy

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Hurting 76% connected

of Hurt

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Intelligence 76% connected

The act or state of knowing; the exercise of the understanding.

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Life 76% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Liveliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravit…

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Pain 76% connected

Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Sprightliness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sprightly; liveliness; life; briskness; vigor; activity; gayety; vivacity.

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Jauntiness 76% connected

The quality of being jaunty.

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Rakishness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rakish.

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Derivationally related 4

Modish 74% connected

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast.

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Modish 74% connected

According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as, a modish dress; a modish feast.

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Smart 74% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smart 74% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Alacrity 92% connected

A cheerful readiness, willingness, or promptitude; joyous activity; briskness; sprightliness; as, the soldiers advanced with alacrity to meet the ene…

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Brightness 92% connected

The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.

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Briskness 92% connected

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.

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Chic 92% connected

Good form; style.

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Cleverness 92% connected

The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.

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Smart 92% connected

To feel a lively, pungent local pain; -- said of some part of the body as the seat of irritation; as, my finger smarts; these wounds smart.

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Smarting 92% connected

of Smart

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Swank 92% connected

of Swink

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