quick-witted

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Enter Digby, a handsome, quick-witted and wealthy enigma who smells faintly of fig.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

In Ava Pickett's fresh adaptation, being staged at London's Rose Theatre, Emma Woodhouse still has all the trademark traits of our beloved original heroine – she's clever, quick-witted, meddling, haughty and occasionally cruel.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

Jacobs and Roach have written such a quick-witted character that it seems implausible Violet wouldn’t think of this herself, even if she was overwhelmed by the sudden collision of her nerves and trauma.

From Salon • Apr. 12, 2025

Paying tribute his family said Mr Bowles was "intelligent and quick-witted, had a brilliant mind and generous heart".

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025

Do you have to be particularly quick-witted or clever or light on your feet to play that scene?

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell