right smart

right smart
adjective
(Southern or Midland) considerable
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it's a right smart distance

Similar to: ↑considerable
Usage Domain: ↑regionalism
adverb
to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)
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way over budget

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way off base

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the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on

Syn: ↑way
Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

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I. adjective
Etymology: right (III) + smart
chiefly Midland : considerable, large

a right smart distance

II. noun
South & Midland : a large amount, number, or quantity : a good deal

suffered a right smart with a misery in his side — Elizabeth M. Roberts

she'll leave him a right smart when she passes on — Lonnie Coleman

III. adverb
South & Midland : considerably, very

the hill there … is right smart steeper than the side we were on — Alder Jernigan


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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