(~er, ~est, ~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Smart people and things are pleasantly neat and clean in appearance. (mainly BRIT)
He was ~ and well groomed but not good looking...
I was dressed in a ~ navy blue suit.
...~ new offices.
ADJ
~ly
He dressed very ~ly which was important in those days.
...a ~ly-painted door.
ADV: ADV with v
~ness
The jumper strikes the perfect balance between comfort and ~ness.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can describe someone who is clever as ~.
He thinks he’s ~er than Sarah is...
Buying expensive furniture is not necessarily the ~est move to make.
ADJ
see also ~ly , street ~
3.
A ~ place or event is connected with wealthy and fashionable people.
...~ London dinner parties.
...a ~ residential district.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
Smart bombs and weapons are guided by computers and lasers so that they hit their targets accurately.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
If a part of your body or a wound ~s, you feel a sharp stinging pain in it.
My eyes ~ed from the smoke.
= sting
VERB: V
6.
If you are ~ing from something such as criticism or failure, you feel upset about it. (JOURNALISM)
The Americans were still ~ing from their defeat in the Vietnam War...
VERB: usu cont, V from n
7.
the ~ money: see money