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smart-alecky

adjective as in nervy

adjective as in fresh

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I busted a big hole in her right whar there was a smart-alecky Yankee colonel sailin' acrost on a horse.

Like as not Miss Connie'll be marryin' some smart-alecky, good-fer-nothin' fellow, then she'll be settled.

It is not "smart-alecky" at all, but has, rather, the sound of something genuinely felt.

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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smart-alecky, such as: arrant, assuming, assumptive, audacious, barefaced, and blatant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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