Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Mentally alert and sharp; keen. synonym: intelligent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having ready wit; sharp; ready of perception.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having ready wit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Mentally keen ,alert ,sharp ,agile , andnimble .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective mentally nimble and resourceful
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Examples
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Terwyn is best-known as a quick-witted DJ on BBC Radio Cymru programmes for some years.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Now these Nanooks of the North want me to believe that I m an Aries, and therefore energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic, confident, quick-witted and pioneering?
Meredith C. Carroll: As The World Turns, My Fortune Spins Meredith C. Carroll 2011
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And she's played by a young actress who has become, in what seems to have been no time flat, one of the most interesting, quick-witted stars in contemporary films.
'The Help': '60s Racism in Black and White Joe Morgenstern 2011
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Referring specifically to his recently rehearsed roles as an impassioned, romantic Armand in "The Lady of the Camellias" and the quick-witted barber Basil in "Don Quixote," Mr. Stearns says he identifies most readily with the former.
The Classical Cavalier Robert Greskovic 2011
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Although he lacks much field experience, his ability to learn on his feet allow him to keep up with the quick-witted Patrick.
The Mentalist Hires Michael Rady to Play Patrick Jane's New Boss 2011
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This title sets the bar pretty high, considering the ordinary collection includes such items as Einstein's blackboard, preserving forever some chalked equations he wrote during a lecture in Oxford in 1931, which some quick-witted don had the prescience not to erase.
Welcome to the Museum Of Weird and Wonderful Paul Levy 2011
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Nora was a breakthrough in the representation of women in detective fiction: neither victim nor femme fatale, she was an equal partner, sympathetic, quick-witted, and just as hard-drinking as her husband.
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Now these Nanooks of the North want me to believe that I'm an Aries, and therefore energetic, enthusiastic, dynamic, confident, quick-witted and pioneering?
Meredith C. Carroll: As The World Turns, My Fortune Spins Meredith C. Carroll 2011
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This title sets the bar pretty high, considering the ordinary collection includes such items as Einstein's blackboard, preserving forever some chalked equations he wrote during a lecture in Oxford in 1931, which some quick-witted don had the prescience not to erase.
Welcome to the Museum Of Weird and Wonderful Paul Levy 2011
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His thin, quick-witted father, Ai Qing, had studied art in Paris in the 1930s but had switched to poetry in the patriotic upsurge surrounding Mao Zedong's founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.
The Art of Resistance Kelly Crow 2011
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