smartness
nounEtymology From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”).
1
The state or quality of being smart, intelligence.
2
The state or quality of being smart in appearance.
- The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles.1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Lauder Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
3
The result or product of being smart.