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smartly

adverb as in in a lively manner

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These chicken pot pies are twists on an American classic, and smartly turned out if made for company.

On stage, the smartly suited Mixner was both very funny and very serious, and he cried after confessing the mercy killings.

And he has just the idea: a radical new video service, the details of which he's smartly keeping under wraps.

He's lampooned all of these politicians—quite smartly, too—on SNL.

Overall, the report presented a picture of an economy in which both consumer and business activity is rising smartly.

He had leaped very smartly to this point of vantage, nevertheless he found Jumbo there before him, chattering worse than ever!

Tommy walked smartly up to her, despite the stern gaze of a suspicious policeman on the opposite side of the street.

That privates should obey, and that they should be smartly punished if they disobey, this one can understand very well.

Saying this, Dick and his friends left the buoy-store, and walked smartly off to their several places of abode in the town.

Mrs. Younge replied very smartly to some questions of her husband.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smartly, such as: stylishly, vigorously, active, gaily, in a spirited manner, and spirited.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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