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witty

[wit-ee] / ˈwɪt i /
ADJECTIVE
funny and clever
Synonyms
WEAK
amusing bright brilliant campy crazy diverting droll entertaining epigrammatic facetious fanciful gay humorous ingenious intelligent jocose jocular joshing keen lively original penetrating piercing piquant quick-witted ridiculous scintillating screaming slapstick sparkling waggish whimsical
Antonyms
WEAK
serious unamusing unfunny

Example Sentences

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Welsh actors Mark Lewis Jones and Steffan Rhodri are set to star in a "witty, twisty" crime series, working together to solve murders in a seaside town.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Flaherty is so witty he might be able to do a comedy routine, with Spalding serving as his wing man.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

BBC Culture film reviewer Nicolas Barber described the space epic as "a mind-stretching sci-fi" that manages to be "zippily entertaining" throughout, while Empire called it "witty, wise and preposterously entertaining".

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

The British photographer Martin Parr transformed moments from the everyday world into vibrant, witty tableaux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

She wrote with an endearing, intelligent voice, and her entries were filled with self-deprecating humor and witty, sardonic asides.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline