wittily

Example Sentences

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She wittily takes charge, determined to confront her mysterious rival and cleverly manipulating the situation after discovering the truth.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2023

But she wittily captured the changing fortunes of women in the modern world.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2023

Exterior becomes interior — or verso becomes recto — in Leedham’s wittily jumbled tableaux.

From Washington Post • Sep. 23, 2022

Barnard’s grounded yet kinetic filmmaking — her collaborators include director of photography Ole Bratt Birkeland and editor Maya Maffioli — catches you up in its own infectious, wittily syncopated rhythms.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022

"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything."

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath