Witty

Examples

• He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Sommers was a very witty man, he says, and fond of experimenting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A tragic poet, that would represent his heroes as very ingenious and witty in their misfortunes, would never touch the passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• She was not brilliant, nor witty, nor wise over much, nor extraordinarily handsome. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• As a witty Frenchman remarked, many geniuses become their own disciples. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• For patients, oh, to me impart The gay, the young, the witty; Such as may interest the heart. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Witty--but I can give him a night's rest in spite of his teeth. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I am not one of those who have witty things at every body's service. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I could not but observe the gay Montagu and his wonderful luck in addressing himself to witty persons. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs. Beddoes, gay, witty, and elegant lady, and an ardent admirer of the youthful scientist, was a sister of Maria Edgeworth. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• He did not laugh much, but he uttered in the quietest tone the wittiest things. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• His was the wittiest word, the pleasantest anecdote, the frankest laugh. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In that respect how unlike dear Mrs. Elton, who wants to be wiser and wittier than all the world! Jane Austen. Emma.
• Cole does not want to be wiser or wittier than his neighbours. Jane Austen. Emma.

Typist: Norton