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ˈwɪt iwit·ty

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  1. wittyadjective

    Synonyms:
    quick, humorous, jocose, jocular, facetious

  2. wittyadjective

    Wise, having good judgement.

    Synonyms:
    quick, jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose

  3. wittyadjective

    Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

    Synonyms:
    humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

  4. wittyadjective

    Clever; amusingly ingenious.

    His speech was both witty and informative.

    Synonyms:
    jocular, humorous, facetious, jocose, quick

  5. wittyadjective

    Full of wit.

    His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty.

    Synonyms:
    humorous, facetious, quick, jocose, jocular

  6. wittyadjective

    quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits

    She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty.

    Synonyms:
    quick, jocular, humorous, jocose, facetious

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  1. witty

    Synonyms:
    jocose, humorous, facetious, acute

    Antonyms:
    stupid, sober, dull, stolid

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. wittyadjective

    combining clever conception and facetious expression

    "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

    Antonyms:
    humourless, humorless, unhumorous

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. witty

    Synonyms:
    a. facetious, humorous, jocular, jocose, waggish, droll, funny, pleasant

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  1. wittyadjective

    Synonyms:
    facetious, droll, sharp

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  1. List of paraphrases for "witty":

    spiritual

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How to use witty in a sentence?

  1. John Selden:

    He that will give himself to all manner of ways to get money may be rich; so he that lets fly all he knows or thinks may by chance be satirically witty. Honesty sometimes keeps a man from growing rich, and civility from being witty.

  2. Adobe Stock Twitter:

    I’ve been here for 15 years giving my ⏰ & witty thoughts all for bupkis. Now you’re telling me that I have to pay for something you gave me for free?

  3. Londonderry Mayor John Boyle:

    I have known her since she was 16 years old, she was bright, she was warm, she was witty. But most of all, she was an outstanding individual, a great friend to so, so many people in this city in the short time that she was with us.

  4. Sacha Guitry:

    You can pretend to be serious you can't pretend to be witty.

  5. The notorious.:

    Thy witty dexterousness espouses life’s aesthetic aspect.


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