Witted
[witid]
Definition
(a.) Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.
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Examples
- Strange things might go on around you without your being the wiser; you are not of the class the world calls sharp-witted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Quick-witted he was, beyond a doubt, of an inventive turn, but a shrewd business man on top of all. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It was very evident there was a keen-witted man at work in the Boston office. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But, dear me, how slow-witted I have been, and how nearly I have committed the blunder of my lifetime! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The shock has made her half-witted, but I understand that she was never very bright. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- When she HAD got a notion once fixed in her mind she was, like other half-witted people, as obstinate as a mule in keeping it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Laugh; but I will be known as I know myself, and as Flintwinch knows me, though it is only to you and this half-witted woman. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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