smart-alecky
English
Etymology
smart aleck + -y
Adjective
smart-alecky (comparative more smart-alecky, superlative most smart-alecky)
- Having the quality of a smart aleck; rude, disrespectful.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 11, pp. 63-64,
- The Katzenjammer Kids were fun because they made the adults look stupid. But they were a little too smart-alecky for my taste.
- 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 11, pp. 63-64,
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