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witty

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wit·ty  (wt)
adj. wit·ti·er, wit·ti·est
1. Possessing or demonstrating wit in speech or writing; very clever and humorous.
2. Characterized by or having the nature of wit; funny or jocular: a witty saying.
3. Quick to discern and express amusing insights or relationships.
4. Entertainingly and strikingly clever or original in concept, design, or performance: a witty sculpture; witty choreography.

witti·ly adv.
witti·ness n.

witty [ˈwɪtɪ]
adj -tier, -tiest
1. characterized by clever humour or wit
2. Archaic or dialect intelligent or sensible
wittily  adv
wittiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.witty - combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
humorous, humourous - full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories"; "humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein"

witty
adjective humorous, gay, original, brilliant, funny, clever, amusing, lively, sparkling, ingenious, fanciful, whimsical, droll, piquant, facetious, jocular, epigrammatic, waggish one of those genuinely witty speakers to whom one could listen for hours
boring, stupid, dull, tedious, tiresome, uninteresting, witless, humourless, unamusing
Translations
witty [ˈwɪtɪ] ADJ (wittier (compar) (wittiest (superl))) [person, remark, speech] → agudo, ingenioso
he's very witty (= clever) → es muy agudo or ingenioso; (= funny) → tiene mucha gracia

witty [ˈwɪti] adj [speaker, writer, play, remark] → spirituel(le)

witty
adj (+er)witzig, geistreich

witty [ˈwɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → arguto/a, spiritoso/a
witty [ˈwɪtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → arguto/a, spiritoso/a

witty

witty فَطِن duchaplný vittig geistreich πνευματώδης ocurrente nokkela fin domišljat arguto 機知に富んだ 재치 있는 gevat vittig dowcipny engenhoso остроумный kvick ซึ่งใช้คำพูดอย่างมีสติปัญญาและตลก esprili hóm hỉnh 诙谐的


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He was no prude and could laugh as well as anyone at the witty immorality of a farce at the Palais Royal, but here was nothing but filth.
Sedley and the young lady; for the conversation, as may be judged from the foregoing specimen, was not especially witty or eloquent; it seldom is in private societies, or anywhere except in very high- flown and ingenious novels.
In the course of the defence, the witty Erskine went on to illustrate his position, by alluding to a recent crim.
 
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