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nimble-witted

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If he wears it tipped slightly, he belongs to the best and most interesting people, is nimble-witted and pleasant.

The nimble-witted Miller had already smelt where I was travelling to, and made haste to get on the same road.

Adults were also found, even among the nimble-witted Greeks, to whom abstract reasoning was not altogether congenial.

John Thaneford was not nimble witted, and he found no fitting rejoinder to Warriner's sarcasm.

Unhappily, a few weeks later this nimble-witted soldier was killed in action.

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On this page you'll find 167 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to nimble-witted, such as: adroit, astute, cagey, cautious, discreet, and frugal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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