right smart
Phrase
- Meaning
- A considerable amount; quite a bit.
- Type
- Phrase
- Used in
- Appalachia, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina
What does “right smart” mean
Appalachian quantifier meaning 'a good deal of' or 'quite a lot'. 'They lost a right smart in that trade.' 'It's a right smart piece down the road.' Adverbial 'right' as intensifier is a Scots-Irish inheritance.
Where it's used
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