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- adjective Alternative spelling of
book smart .
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First Impression: Elliot is described as a book-smart and shy guy whose weak, skinny build isn’t fit for athletics.
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First Impression: Elliot is described as a book-smart and shy guy whose weak, skinny build isn’t fit for athletics.
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(There are many kinds of intelligence, like being savvy or clever or great with people or book-smart or mechanically gifted, so I figure there are probably many kinds of dumbness).
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Griffin is a book-smart and intelligent person but a terrible manager.
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I might at times feel book-smart based on test scores and grades and socially confident when surrounded by friends.
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"They may have skills and are techno-savvy and book-smart and streetwise, but they don't understand what the big deal is if they're five minutes late," he says of young people today.
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And for those non-lawyers, as someone who went to a lesser law school than Harvard, being the editor of the Harvard Law Journal is equivalent to being more book-smart than about 99.999% of people.
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Are these pampered frat boys really book-smart, or merely inbred?
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The more specific summary is: It's about a woman, a surgical intern, book-smart but socially inept, and how she finds her way through the world.
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Fun Fact: The sisters identified Kourtney as the most book-smart, Khloe the most street-smart, and Kim the most conceited.
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