: like, typical of, or being a smart aleck : marked by cockiness and conceit : concerned with or striving for smartness and cleverness for their own sake or at the expense of seriousness and responsibility
had never talked that way to the smart-aleck kid before—J. H. Reese
the smart-aleck way you were talking—Alexander Saxton
dismayingly intelligent and a shade smart-alecky—Jean Stafford
five smart-alecky collegians who conspired to rob the till—Bennett Cerf
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