Witty
adjective
Someone who is witty is intelligent and can make funny remarks quickly.
He was witty and very charming.
Often appears as...
- witty comment
- witty reply
adjective
Someone who is witty is intelligent and can make funny remarks quickly.
He was witty and very charming.
Often appears as...
- witty comment
- witty reply
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Social Intelligence
Being witty involves social skills to know when a funny remark is appropriate and will be well-received.
His witty observation about the situation lightened the mood.
Pro Tip 2/3Quick Thinking
Witty people think fast to create humorous responses that surprise and entertain others.
Her witty comeback left everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Contexts
The term 'witty' is mostly used in casual or informal settings, rather than formal situations.
At parties, his witty banter makes him the center of attention.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Intelligence
Being witty involves social skills to know when a funny remark is appropriate and will be well-received.
His witty observation about the situation lightened the mood.
Pro Tip 2/3Quick Thinking
Witty people think fast to create humorous responses that surprise and entertain others.
Her witty comeback left everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Contexts
The term 'witty' is mostly used in casual or informal settings, rather than formal situations.
At parties, his witty banter makes him the center of attention.
Pro Tip 1/3Social Intelligence
Being witty involves social skills to know when a funny remark is appropriate and will be well-received.
His witty observation about the situation lightened the mood.
Pro Tip 2/3Quick Thinking
Witty people think fast to create humorous responses that surprise and entertain others.
Her witty comeback left everyone laughing.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Contexts
The term 'witty' is mostly used in casual or informal settings, rather than formal situations.
At parties, his witty banter makes him the center of attention.
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The wicked wit of Jane...
But writing was hardly lucrative work. And although she had sparks of chemistry, she never married. Elements of her circumstances can be found in many of her characters; often intelligent women with witty, pragmatic personalities, and rich inner lives.
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Amanda Bennett: We need...
in making anyone immortal, and that no wife, no matter how hard she tried, has ever stopped even the bravest, wittiest and most maddeningly lovable husband
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Can You Hear the Reggae...
my mom my mom got her her discipline from being a girl who grew up on a farm she's one of the most hardworking people i know beautiful witty wise
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The wicked wit of Jane...
But writing was hardly lucrative work. And although she had sparks of chemistry, she never married. Elements of her circumstances can be found in many of her characters; often intelligent women with witty, pragmatic personalities, and rich inner lives.
Video examples
Amanda Bennett: We need...
in making anyone immortal, and that no wife, no matter how hard she tried, has ever stopped even the bravest, wittiest and most maddeningly lovable husband
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Can You Hear the Reggae...
my mom my mom got her her discipline from being a girl who grew up on a farm she's one of the most hardworking people i know beautiful witty wise
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Quote examples
Jonathan Tropper
American Writer
Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.
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Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
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Ian Hislop
Welsh Editor
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
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Phoebe Dynevor
English Actress
I think Bridgerton' transports you into a different world. It's witty, vibrant, fun and sexy and yet its themes are relevant to the world we're living in today.
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Rachael Stirling
English Actress
My instinct is to surround myself with the company of wise, witty, wonderful women, and I have a great bank of female friends of all ages.
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George Dennison Prentice
American Editor
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.
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Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
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Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
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Frank Crane
American Clergyman
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
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Jonathan Tropper
American Writer
Whether I'm writing a novel about a guy mourning the death of his father or whether I'm writing a show about people killing each other, you want to hear characters speak and be funny and witty.
Quote examples
Albert Schweitzer
German Theologian
Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.
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Ian Hislop
Welsh Editor
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.
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Phoebe Dynevor
English Actress
I think Bridgerton' transports you into a different world. It's witty, vibrant, fun and sexy and yet its themes are relevant to the world we're living in today.
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Rachael Stirling
English Actress
My instinct is to surround myself with the company of wise, witty, wonderful women, and I have a great bank of female friends of all ages.
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George Dennison Prentice
American Editor
A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty sayings are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
I know the bestseller 'Gone Girl' doesn't need an ounce of support from me, but that book was as sharp and witty as they come.
Quote examples
Kin Hubbard
American Journalist
No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more that she can be witty by only the help of speech.
Quote examples
Antoine Rivarol
French Journalist
Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty people who lack talent.
Quote examples
Frank Crane
American Clergyman
You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
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