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QUICK-WITTEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quick-wittedness mean?
• QUICK-WITTEDNESS (noun)
The noun QUICK-WITTEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
Familiarity information: QUICK-WITTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
mental quickness; quick-wittedness; quickness
Hypernyms ("quick-wittedness" is a kind of...):
intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
Derivation:
quick-witted (mentally nimble and resourceful)
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