Quick-thinking

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the ability to think or react quickly.

    "But there have also been countless tales of quick-thinking railway workers who have prevented incidents from turning into disasters."

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"Reading makes a full person; conference, a quick-thinking person; writing, an exact person."

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