right smart

/raɪt smɑrt/
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Definitions of right smart
  1. adjective
    (Southern or Midland) considerable
    “it's a right smart distance”
    synonyms:
    considerable
    large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree
  2. adverb
    to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
    “the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on”
    synonyms: way
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