Nasty
Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Usage example: dressed in their smart new uniforms, the cadets proudly paraded around the grounds of the military school
Both words in one sentence
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A stock plot in Russian humor is dialogue between a Warrant Officer Nasty and a smart-ass conscripted student.
Source: Drill Sergeant Nasty -
Finally, Sherman is a Bungling Inventor who is nonetheless extremely smart (speaking, no less!), but has a nasty case of Small Name, Big Ego.
Source: Insufferable Genius - Sometimes she's ugly, nasty, and smart (She goes by "Fanchon" when she's like this).
Source: Blessed With Suck / Literature
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