quickwittedness

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With his characteristic quickwittedness he caught the drift of each innuendo, divined whence it came, at whom and on what ground it was aimed, and that afforded him, as it always did, a certain satisfaction.

From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance

And Keith was able to respond with some of his old-time quickwittedness.

From The Soul of a Child by Björkman, Edwin