Etymology

smartly

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Today it means: With a fine or fashionable appearance. Full definition →

Middle English smertly
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsmertly
  2. English todaysmartly

From Middle English smertly; equivalent to smart + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.