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

Being funny — truly, naturally funny — isn’t just about delivering a punchline well or being quick-witted.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Celebrate the holidays with this quick-witted, revelatory and very sweet teacher-centric mockumentary-comedy created by and starring Quinta Brunson.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

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

Dark-haired and quick-witted, William had charming manners, hazel eyes, and a “strongly intellectual face.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield