SMART

I. adjective Etymology: Middle English smert causing pain, from Old English smeart; akin to Old English smeortan Date: before 12th century making one ~ ; causing a sharp stinging, marked by often sharp forceful activity or vigorous strength , brisk , spirited , 4. mentally alert ; bright , knowledgeable , shrewd , 5. witty , clever , pert , saucy , 6. neat , trim , stylish or elegant in dress or appearance, c. appealing to sophisticated tastes, characteristic of or patronized by fashionable society, 7. being a guided missile , operating by automation , intelligent 3, ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English smerten, from Old English smeortan; akin to Old High German smerzan to pain Date: 13th century to cause or be the cause or seat of a sharp stinging pain, 2. to feel or endure distress, remorse, or embarrassment , to pay a heavy or stinging penalty , III. noun Date: 13th century a ~ing pain, poignant grief or remorse , intelligence , know-how , IV. adverb Date: 13th century in a ~ manner ; ~ly