smartness
Plural: smartnesses
Noun
- a kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore
- intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty
- elegance by virtue of being fashionable
- liveliness and eagerness
- "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
- The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
- The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
- The result or product of being smart.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).
Synonyms
alacrity, brightness, briskness, chic, chichi, chicness, cleverness, last word, modishness, smart, smarting, stylishness, swank
Scrabble Score: 11
smartness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsmartness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
smartness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary