smart-alecky
Example Sentences
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Berenice sees through James’s smug intellect, cutting him down to size with a mix of blunt candor and smart-alecky banter.
From Washington Post • Mar. 9, 2020
“I’ve said repeatedly that his answers to the questions and I watched him, were smart-alecky, untruthful, and misleading,” Fox News reporters cited him saying.
From Salon • May 9, 2019
“I guess I was in a smart-alecky mood that day.”
From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019
Even in its early days, when the company was perceived as bunch of hooligan hipsters wreaking havoc with classics like “Our Town,” the Wooster Group wasn’t just being smart-alecky.
From New York Times • May 10, 2018
“Um . . . okay,” she said, apparently too surprised to think of a smart-alecky comeback.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
