noun
- A kind of pain such as that caused by a wound or a burn or a sore.
- Intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty.
- synonyms: brightness, cleverness
- Elegance by virtue of being fashionable.
- synonyms: chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, stylishness, swank, last word
- Liveliness and eagerness.
- usage: "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"
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