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right smartright smart1. adjective Considerably large. Primarily heard in US. We've come a right smart distance to visit you, so we'd appreciate it if you could take a little time off work on our behalf. 2. adjective Quite attractive. You look right smart in that dress. Looking at myself in the mirror, decked out in a proper tuxedo, I felt right smart. 3. noun A considerably large amount. Primarily heard in US. We've done a right smart already, but there's still quite a bit of work to go before we're finished. See also: right, smart Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. right smart New England & Southern US A lot; a considerable amount: "We have read right smart of that book" (Catherine C. Hopley). See also: right, smart American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also:- make a fist of
- make a good/bad/etc. fist of (something)
- arsis
- arsy
- arsy-varsy
- arsy-versy
- as (something) as the next man/woman/person
- as as the next man
- as good, well, etc. as the next person
References in periodicals archive I got in bad company and I broke off from my mother's and father's advice and got to drinking and gambling and playing up right smart ... Thunder in the Argonne! SGT Alvin York and Mission Command However, choosing the right smart phone is a daunting task. PTCL launched 3G EVO smartphone With acquisition of the flagship Intellisite application and Right Smart hardware, the oil and gas electronic flow meter (EFM) monitoring solution is now part of M2M Data Corporation, an industry-leading compression monitoring service. M2M data acquires implicit monitoring solutions PRETTY: Zoie Bradley and Lauren Beech, above, and Lizzy Dowson, Jess Littler, Hannah Dobson, Chelsea Aaron and Sophie Smith, right LOOKING GOOD: Matthew Barron, Matthew Mallon, Tom Walburn and Paul Morris, above, and Lauren Fisher and Shona Calvert, right SMART: Matthew Stott, Luke Whittaker, Royston Parker, Jack Richardson, Jack O'Brien, James Cass, Oliver Thompson, Mark Thomas and Lee Kulscar, above, and Zoie Bradley, Sam Brown, Sam McKenna and Bethany Fisher, right DRESSED TO THE NINES: Ready to party at Hardwick Hall Hotel are Liam Swann, left, Lauren Hodgson, Rachel Bruce, Grace Flounders, and Rebecca Murphy, centre left, and far left, Adam O'Connor Our Lady & St Bede How often has trolling an e-mail discussion list helped you look right smart when it really counted? Peer refresher need and cost, and deploy the right smart antenna system at the right base stations where multipath signatures and fading patterns are more tolerable of this specific system. Testing of smart antenna systems |