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Synonyms for witty
ˈwɪt iwit·ty
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wittyadjective
wittyadjective
Wise, having good judgement.
wittyadjective
Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
wittyadjective
Clever; amusingly ingenious.
His speech was both witty and informative.
wittyadjective
Full of wit.
His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty.
wittyadjective
quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits
She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty.
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Princeton's WordNet
wittyadjective
combining clever conception and facetious expression
"his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
Antonyms:
humourless, humorless, unhumorous
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List of paraphrases for "witty":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#934 | quick | |
#3706 | spiritual | |
#5690 | acute | |
#14358 | humorous | |
#18968 | witty | |
#99532 | facetious | |
#168736 | jocular | |
#331166 | jocose |
How to use witty in a sentence?
There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature -- the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
I fear nothing so much as a man who is witty all day long.
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
I was brought up by very witty people who were dealing with quite difficult things - disease and death... I was brought up by people who tended to giggle at funerals.
Translations for witty
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- بارعArabic
- vtipnýCzech
- geistreich, witzigGerman
- mordazSpanish
- شوخPersian
- nokkela, naseva, välkky, terävä, sukkelasanainenFinnish
- fin, spirituelFrench
- tráthúilIrish
- sgaiteachScottish Gaelic
- मजाकियाHindi
- szellemesHungarian
- jenakaIndonesian
- fine, ingegnoso, spiritoso, malizioso, arguto, arguzia, faceto, convincenteItalian
- שָׁנוּןHebrew
- salsumLatin
- tatakiMāori
- geestigDutch
- vittigNorwegian
- dowcipnyPolish
- sábioPortuguese
- у́мный, разу́мный, сообрази́тельный, остроу́мный, смышлёныйRussian
- espriliTurkish
- 機智Chinese
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