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quick-witted
1. A quick-drawn sign on a scrap of plank pointed downstairs under the porch for free klizhorn nymphs, lively and quick-witted
2. not what could be described as quick-witted, but even he
3. I wanted to give some quick-witted retort to this, but
4. ‘We’ll have to watch this one Saznack, he is far too quick-witted for a warrior
5. Someone small, cunning and quick-witted, only a cat could do the
6. You are said to have the body of an Olympic athlete, but also a quick-witted mind and a lot of personal charm
7. That kind of sharp, quick-witted tongue would go perfectly with the personae of Jennifer Walters, the high-flight lawyer
8. He looked like a man of authority, wise and quick-witted, his warm smile made her feel at ease, straight away
9. After a brief exchange of quick-witted banter, ‘the man’ was firmly hooked
10. prayed that the officer was quick-witted
11. Among other chart features, the mother was a quick-witted and quick-moving Sagittarian Sun and Mercury, while the boy had Sun and Mercury in slower-moving Taurus
12. He was handsome, strong and quick-witted and while Suna had been well loved by all the members of their clan, their father loved him most of all
13. At that point the quick-witted officer shouted,
14. So in his usual quick-witted way, he took the unorthodox decision to take a group of rehabilitated criminals and promote them to policemen
15. I didn't feel like any kind of hero, but the way he told the story I was quick-witted, strong, and brave
16. The ordinary Hindu or Mohammedan believes as little in his eternal hell as the English quick-witted artisan or man of science
17. "He-he! You are quick-witted
18. " As soon as she said this, Cardenio and the barber drew close to her side, eager to hear what sort of story the quick-witted Dorothea would invent for herself; and Sancho did the same, for he was as much taken in by her as his master; and she having settled herself comfortably in the saddle, and with the help of coughing and other preliminaries taken time to think, began with great sprightliness of manner in this fashion
19. Luscinda, Dorothea, the landlady, her daughter and Maritornes, attracted by the strange, and to them entirely new costume, gathered round her; and Dorothea, who was always kindly, courteous, and quick-witted, perceiving that both she and the man who had brought her were annoyed at not finding a room, said to her, "Do not be put out, senora, by the discomfort and want of luxuries here, for it is the way of road-side inns to be without them; still, if you will be pleased to share our lodging with us (pointing to Luscinda) perhaps you will have found worse accommodation in the course of your journey
20. Now the history says this page was very sharp and quick-witted; and eager to serve his lord and lady he set off very willingly for Sancho's village
21. "Hist! speak lower; for we know not what ears are open, and the Mingoes are a quick-witted breed
22. She was quick-witted and made Maria laugh, but had an incisive legal mind and was one of the firm’s key assets
23. Nowadays he was not often shrewd and quick-witted
24. She was going to be the same Caris, small and neat, quick-witted, organized and determined
25. Six foot three in height, active as a squirrel, dexterous with his fingers; finally, remarkably quick-witted, for this whole ingenious story is of his concoction
26. Anatole was not quick-witted, nor ready or eloquent in conversation, but he had the faculty, so invaluable in society, of composure and imperturbable self-possession
27. He is not a very quick-witted youth, though comely to look at and, I should think, sound at heart
28. ‘He-he! You are quick-witted
29. I've sent for you now because I look upon you as a keen-sighted and quick-witted man, qualified to make accurate observations