smartly

How to use smartly in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for smartly.

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It has its problems, but it's relatively smartly designed.

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Quick take

in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of smartly gathered in one view.

adverb

in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business"

adverb

with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"

adverb

in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for smartly.

adverb

in a clever manner; "they were cleverly arranged"; "a smartly managed business"

adverb

with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"

adverb

in a stylish manner; "He was smartly dressed"

Example sentences

It has its problems, but it's relatively smartly designed.

It's more about tweaking that DB query, smartly packaging the assets or using a better algorithm.

Or have a photo library on my NAS that smartly caches things I look at often on my iPhone, syncing changes back when I edit a photo?

At first I thought I would read a rant about current user interfaces, but the article turned out to be well thought, smartly written and, above all, it doesn't discuss interfaces _per se_.

If it's going to do something else smartly, I want it to be relevant to keeping my food, so I don't know, figure out when I need new milk by allowing me to scan the barcode when I buy it.

You have to look beyond the connotations because it's much too easy to hide a predisposition to reject anything a certain gender says behind a litany of jargon and adequate explanations, smartly avoiding trigger words that connote the sexist intention.