right smart

1. 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.

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

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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

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How often has trolling an e-mail discussion list helped you look right smart when it really counted?

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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.

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