Thesaurus / quick-witted
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
In New York, a quick-witted toper went into a bar-room and called for something to drink.
THE AMERICAN JOE MILLERVARIOUS
She was quick-witted enough to understand where she was and how it had all come about.
THROUGH FOREST AND FIREEDWARD ELLIS
Quick-witted Jerry was the first to make the announcement, Ive thought of one.
MARJORIE DEAN HIGH SCHOOL SENIORPAULINE LESTER
That quick-witted youth caught the possibilities and at his first attempt sprawled Bobby.
THE ADVENTURES OF BOBBY ORDESTEWART EDWARD WHITE
Judith was very handsome, quick-witted, fond of admiration and fine clothes, while Hetty was not beautiful to look at.
CHATTERBOX, 1905.VARIOUS
The quick-witted, keen-eyed special passenger was certainly getting railroad training so coveted by his magnate father.
RALPH ON THE OVERLAND EXPRESSALLEN CHAPMAN
For quick-witted boys there was no period of youth; they were early made to shiver and shake by the icy breath of rough life.
HISTORY OF THE JEWS, VOL. V (OF 6)HEINRICH GRAETZ
Someone was quick-witted enough to discover a way out of the dilemma.
IN THE DAYS OF QUEEN VICTORIAEVA MARCH TAPPAN
Bastienne was a pious soul, and, moreover, a quick-witted one.
MARGUERITE DE ROBERVALT. G. MARQUIS
Your ladyship is as quick-witted in this as in everything else.
DULCIBELHENRY PETERSON
WORDS RELATED TO QUICK-WITTED
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- foxy
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- having fancy footwork
- hep
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- perspicacious
- prudent
- quick
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- sagacious
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- slick
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- worldly-wise
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- crackerjack
- cunning
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- dexterous/dextrous
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- intelligent
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- handy
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- inventive
- keen
- knowing
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- original
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- profound
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- rational
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- together
- understanding
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- acrid
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- arrogant
- backbiting
- biting
- bitter
- burlesque
- caustic
- clever
- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
- defiant
- derisive
- disparaging
- double-edged
- exaggerated
- implausible
- incisive
- incongruous
- ironical
- keen
- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
- pungent
- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
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- sharp
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- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
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- caustic
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- contemptuous
- contradictory
- critical
- cutting
- cynical
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- derisive
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- exaggerated
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- incongruous
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- mocking
- mordant
- paradoxical
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- quick-witted
- ridiculous
- sardonic
- satiric
- satirical
- scathing
- scoffing
- sharp
- sneering
- spicy
- trenchant
- twisted
- uncomplimentary
- witty
- wry
- accurate
- acute
- astute
- calculating
- careful
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- circumspect
- clear-sighted
- considerate
- considered
- diplomatic
- discerning
- discreet
- discriminating
- efficacious
- enlightened
- expedient
- far-sighted
- informed
- judicial
- keen
- perceptive
- perspicacious
- politic
- profound
- prudent
- quick-witted
- rational
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- sagacious
- sage
- sane
- sapient
- seasonable
- seemly
- sensible
- sharp
- shrewd
- skillful
- sober
- sophisticated
- sound
- thorough
- wary
- well-advised
- well-judged
- worldly-wise
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