RIGHT SMART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does right smart mean? 

• RIGHT SMART (adjective)
  The adjective RIGHT SMART has 1 sense:

1. (Southern or Midland) considerable

  Familiarity information: RIGHT SMART used as an adjective is very rare.

• RIGHT SMART (adverb)
  The adverb RIGHT SMART has 1 sense:

1. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much ('right smart' is regional in the United States)

  Familiarity information: RIGHT SMART used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIGHT SMART (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Southern or Midland) considerable

Context example:

it's a right smart distance

Similar:

considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)

Domain usage:

regionalism (a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region)

• RIGHT SMART (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a great degree or by a great distance; very much ('right smart' is regional in the United States)

Synonyms:

right smart; way

Context example:

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

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

“You’ve got a right smart load as it is,” said one of them; “and it’s not me should tell you your business, but I wouldn’t tote that tent along if I was you.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)