keen-witted
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Even keen-witted 93-year-old Joshua Green, from whose eponymous building the portrait had been taken, had no recollection of its provenance.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Today a tottering but keen-witted patriarch, Mr. Korekiyo Takahashi was the first statesman of world prominence to seize last week on President Roosevelt's devaluation project as a basis for local action.
From Time Magazine Archive
The noble-minded Nathan rids the hot-tempered Crusader of his intolerance, the keen-witted Saladin of his doubts.
From Time Magazine Archive
An English explorer of note was saying ". . . and so I came upon a trunkless body" when keen-witted Lawyer Simon cut in, "You don't mean a trunkless body, you mean a headless body."
From Time Magazine Archive
Carhayes had dismissed it contemptuously from his thoughts, but Eustace Milne, keen-witted, imaginative, had set to work to puzzle it out.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
