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Meanings of right smart in English

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

Right smart.

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1
I don't mean 'nice' the way she means 'nice,' either; don't worry.
Revolutionary Road
2
It's a great way to start the new year. -FieldLevel Media
Reuters
3
Now a new problem: There was no clear way to open it.
Storm Front
4
The case could radically change the way the company operates in Europe.
Reuters
5
The great problem at Yosemite today is simply finding your way around.
The Lost Continent
Usage of right smart in English
1
Feuds and wars have cloven a right smart of bonds in twain.
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
2
But it's a right smart chance beyond, ef ye go through it.
From Sand Hill to Pine
3
It's a right smart ways, and I reckon I better be goin'.
Whirligigs
4
No, missy, dars no un been roun' heah for right smart days.
His Sombre Rivals
5
We got a right smart bit o' ridin' to do afore daylight.
The Strange Case of Cavendish
6
New York's a right smart place, I admit, but give me Minneapolis.
Chester Rand; or, The New Path to Fortune
7
I've got a right smart good chanct, now, to whop ol' Satan.
A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy
8
Whipped 'em right smart, used a few other tricks I know.
Fevre Dream
9
Rimer'll introduce you, and get you about your business right smart.
Wizard and glass
10
The fat baby turned the joke on us, and right smart at that.
The Pony Rider Boys with the Texas Rangers; Or, On the Trail of ...
11
I used to vote right smart when they needed me to help out.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
12
This here is a right smart tree, and looks like it might answer.
The Banner Boy Scouts; or, The Struggle for Leadership
13
You say that Sary is a right smart cook and houseworker.
Polly and Eleanor
14
I was big enough to do right smart behind a plow.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
15
You must have traveled right smart for such a young lady.
Heart of the Sunset
16
We have been good living colored folks, had a right smart.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
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Right smart through the time
Right smart across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common