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QUICK-WITTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quick-witted mean?
• QUICK-WITTED (adjective)
The adjective QUICK-WITTED has 1 sense:
1. mentally nimble and resourceful
Familiarity information: QUICK-WITTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mentally nimble and resourceful
Context example:
saved an embarrassing situation with quick-witted tact
Similar:
adroit (quick or skillful or adept in action or thought)
Derivation:
quick-wittedness (intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay)
Context examples
He is not particularly intelligent—not a man likely to be congenial to a quick-witted Latin.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Six foot three in height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with his fingers, finally, remarkably quick-witted, for this whole ingenious story is of his concoction.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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