smartle

i. [Etym. doubtful.] To waste away. (Prov.) smart'-lý, *smert-ly, adv. [Eng. smart, a; -ly.] 1. In a smart manner; so as to smart; with sharp, pungent pain. 2. Quickly, briskly. "And therewith he sterte up smertly and cast down a grote." Chaucer: Tale of Beryn. 3. Vigorously, actively, sharply. "The art, order, and gravity of these proceedings, where short, severe, constant rules were set, and smartly pursued, made them le taken notice of."-Clarendon: Civil War. 4. Sharply, wittily, briskly; as, He answered smartly. 5. Sharply, heavily; as, He paid smartly for his conduct. 6. Showily, in a showy manner, sprucely; as, He dre es smartly .