smart alec
Example Sentences
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Sometimes Alex is a smart alec: the chapter sending up his academy school and peer group reads like the revenge of the nerd.
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013
Obviously a smart alec statement, insinuating that Mooney talked for publicity's sake alone, instead of for a cause in which he sincerely believes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hootsey could not be sure if Nibbles was being a "smart alec" or was just paying him a complement.
From The Forest Monster of Oz by Evans, Bob
