Quick-witted

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of quickwitted. alt-of, alternative

    "Juno MacGuff is the kind of teenager we all wish we could have been: quick-witted, frighteningly intelligent beyond her years and comfortable enough in her own skin to resist those incessant high-school pressures to conform, even as her body expands with an unplanned pregnancy."

Adjective
  1. 1
    mentally nimble and resourceful wordnet

Synonyms

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ingeniousacuteadroitalertaliveapt

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"Mary is quick-witted, isn't she?"

Related phrases

quick-wittedlyquick-wittedness

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