Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SMART, a.

1. Pungent; pricking; causing a keen local pain; as, a smart lash or stroke; a smart quality or taste. – Shak. Granville.
2. Keen; severe; poignant; as, smart pain or sufferings.
3. Quick; vigorous; sharp; severe; as, a smart skirmish.
4. Brisk; fresh; as, a smart breeze.
5. Acute and pertinent; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying.
6. Brisk; vivacious; as, a smart rhetorician. Who, for the poor renown of being smart, / Would leave a sting within a brother's heart? – Young.
7. Dressed in a showy manner.