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Definition of quick-witted in English: quick-wittedadjective kwɪkˈwɪtɪdˈˌkwɪk ˈˌwɪdɪd Showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. 颖悟的，机智的，机敏的 she was far too quick-witted to complain Example sentencesExamples - Though all the clever and distinctive stylistic tics are there, the dialogue isn't nearly as sharp or quick-witted and the plot itself is rather lumbering, meaning the pace flags and sags on too many occasions.
- She was loving and generally patient with those she deemed worthy, and, as I said before, she was quick-witted and intelligent.
- It's one thing to be smart and quick-witted, but can you back it up?
- Confident to the point of brashness, intelligent and quick-witted - all key attributes for an MC - he's a product of his surroundings.
- He looks powerful but perfectly balanced, and his manner is alert and quick-witted.
- She's clearly an intelligent woman, quick-witted and self-effacing, so doesn't she worry that her job is essentially stupid?
- As always, Rathbone gives us a Holmes that is quick-witted and focused, able to deduce what mere mortals cannot.
- Fact is, Carson was as brilliant and quick-witted a comedian then, in 1989, as he was in 1969.
- In local parlance he would be regarded as a ‘character’, quick-witted and always ready for a bit of ‘devilment’.
- And when that draws sarcastic comment from the management team, his ability to offer quick-witted retorts allows him to ride the banter as effortlessly as another lunge from a desperate defender.
- Intellectually quick-witted and bright, with an abrasive edge, Reid did well in school.
- Evan is intelligent and quick-witted but sometimes a little lost in the modern world of speed dating and go-getting career women.
- Naturally quick-witted with a sharp tongue, he ponders decisions with mathematical precision.
- Though a stranger in a strange land, Maria is quick-witted, intelligent, and empathetic enough to figure out how to deal with the various characters she comes across.
- Elizabeth was a different kind of Queen: quick-witted, clever and able to use feminine wiles to get her own way.
- He was a good guy - quick-witted, intelligent and funny when the right moment arose.
- When asked about the vacant manager's post at Spurs, O'Neill response was quick-witted.
- Hicks is a true American original: handsome, well spoken, intelligent and quick-witted, intensely passionate and fiercely political.
- With Mercury in Aries and the Sun in the 3rd house ruled by Mars, he was quick-witted, intellectually motivated, an avid reader and a passionate speaker.
- Undemonstrative, quick-witted, alert and intelligent: he has it all.
Synonyms alert, astute, perceptive, quick, quick-thinking, sharp-witted, sharp, shrewd, penetrating, discerning, perspicacious wide awake, ready, quick off the mark, observant intelligent, bright, clever, gifted, able, brainy, brilliant informal smart, on the ball, on one's toes, quick on the uptake, genius North American informal whip-smart
Derivativesnoun I have a lot respect for the British system, and the toughness and verbal facility and quick-wittedness of the British politicians who can handle this type of thing. Example sentencesExamples - What miseries were endured, and what injustices were done, because well-intentioned leaders lacked the quality of moral quick-wittedness!
- Wisdom is subdivided into good sense, good calculation, quick-wittedness, discretion, and resourcefulness.
- But in football being sent off is easy; the difficult part is entertaining the public with skill, imagination and quick-wittedness.
- However, he had underestimated Sam's speed and quick-wittedness.
- Despite his popularity in the party and the respect his intelligence and quick-wittedness has earned from those who work with him, some political analysts say the Offaly TD still does not play well to women and urban voters.
- Mimi proposes a spirited quick-wittedness as an inventive, ethical response to the dilemmas posed by black and white encounters within modernity.
- Immediately likeable, he works with the audience rather than against them, displaying a keen quick-wittedness and an impressive improvisational skill.
- For his eyes betrayed that his mind was fully alert and held all the liveliness and quick-wittedness that had made him the world's darling for so long.
- Quickskill suggests speed and dexterity, quick-wittedness, the ability to improvise on the spot.
Rhymeshalf-witted, nitwitted, uncommitted, unfitted Definition of quick-witted in US English: quick-wittedadjectiveˈˌkwɪk ˈˌwɪdɪdˈˌkwik ˈˌwidid Showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. 颖悟的，机智的，机敏的 she was far too quick-witted to complain Example sentencesExamples - Intellectually quick-witted and bright, with an abrasive edge, Reid did well in school.
- He looks powerful but perfectly balanced, and his manner is alert and quick-witted.
- As always, Rathbone gives us a Holmes that is quick-witted and focused, able to deduce what mere mortals cannot.
- Though a stranger in a strange land, Maria is quick-witted, intelligent, and empathetic enough to figure out how to deal with the various characters she comes across.
- In local parlance he would be regarded as a ‘character’, quick-witted and always ready for a bit of ‘devilment’.
- When asked about the vacant manager's post at Spurs, O'Neill response was quick-witted.
- Though all the clever and distinctive stylistic tics are there, the dialogue isn't nearly as sharp or quick-witted and the plot itself is rather lumbering, meaning the pace flags and sags on too many occasions.
- She was loving and generally patient with those she deemed worthy, and, as I said before, she was quick-witted and intelligent.
- With Mercury in Aries and the Sun in the 3rd house ruled by Mars, he was quick-witted, intellectually motivated, an avid reader and a passionate speaker.
- It's one thing to be smart and quick-witted, but can you back it up?
- Elizabeth was a different kind of Queen: quick-witted, clever and able to use feminine wiles to get her own way.
- Naturally quick-witted with a sharp tongue, he ponders decisions with mathematical precision.
- She's clearly an intelligent woman, quick-witted and self-effacing, so doesn't she worry that her job is essentially stupid?
- Confident to the point of brashness, intelligent and quick-witted - all key attributes for an MC - he's a product of his surroundings.
- He was a good guy - quick-witted, intelligent and funny when the right moment arose.
- Fact is, Carson was as brilliant and quick-witted a comedian then, in 1989, as he was in 1969.
- Undemonstrative, quick-witted, alert and intelligent: he has it all.
- Evan is intelligent and quick-witted but sometimes a little lost in the modern world of speed dating and go-getting career women.
- And when that draws sarcastic comment from the management team, his ability to offer quick-witted retorts allows him to ride the banter as effortlessly as another lunge from a desperate defender.
- Hicks is a true American original: handsome, well spoken, intelligent and quick-witted, intensely passionate and fiercely political.
Synonyms alert, astute, perceptive, quick, quick-thinking, sharp-witted, sharp, shrewd, penetrating, discerning, perspicacious
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