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

Further to harass the Commission, there was present in Geneva the author of the Russian project, Comrade Maxim Maximovitch Litvinov, a round-faced, round-bodied but keen-witted little man who is Soviet Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

A small, sombre, keen-witted man in casual brown clothes, 43-year-old Artist Quintanilla had it in mind last week to quit painting again, go back to help his friends in Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the more dull the man, the better the dividends returned by such inexpensive investments; the more keen-witted, the more disposed to count the cost.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph