2. Adverb. smartly ¹
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Definition of Smartish
1. somewhat smart [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smartish
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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