adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brady is quick-witted and articulate.
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John was always so quick-witted that I used to think he would have made a good secret agent.
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Throughout a lifetime of public service, he proved himself a quick-witted negotiator.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The quick-witted Despina is a delightful character, the archetypal soubrette, just like Adèle in Die Fledermaus.
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The quick-witted will have gone instantly to the heart of the problem: what mysterious attribute distinguishes sport from games?
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The female characters, too, are made of sterner stuff than the quick-witted schemers of Figaro.