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right smart
  1. adj. (Southern or Midland) considerable; "it's a right smart distance"

  2. adv. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn: way]

Usage examples of "right smart".

Come a flood, either does right smart, the most knowledgeable man replied.

An' afterwards -- well, I reckon I'll answer right smart for any incon-venience caused here tonight.

I figured she'd just as leave not show her drawers to him -- especially since he seemed to be carrying on right smart for who he was and all -- so I jumped up to tell her about the air-hose.

Molly's Jim was an advertising executive in Chicago and getting along a right smart .