nimble-witted

  • 21quick-witted — quick wittedly, adv. quick wittedness, n. /kwik wit id/, adj. having a nimble, alert mind. [1520 30; QUICK + WIT1 + ED3] Syn. keen, perceptive, smart, clever, sharp. * * * …

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  • 22quick-witted — quick′ wit′ted adj. having a nimble, alert mind; keen; clever • Etymology: 1520–30 …

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  • 23quick-witted — /ˈkwɪk wɪtəd / (say kwik wituhd) adjective having a nimble, alert mind. –quick wittedly, adverb –quick wittedness, noun …

  • 24Intelligence — (Roget s Thesaurus) Wisdom. < N PARAG:Intelligence >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 intelligence intelligence capacity comprehension understanding Sgm: N 1 cuteness cuteness sabe ???>* =>(U.S.) savvy ???>* =>(U.S.) …

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  • 25quick — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, able, aboveground, abrupt, acquiescent, acute, adept, adroit, agile, agog, agreeable, alacritous, alert, alive, alive and kicking, all agog, amain, amenable, among the living, animate, animated, anxious,… …

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  • 26sprightly — Synonyms and related words: Attic, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert, alive, animate, animated, antic, biting, bouncing, bouncy, breezy, brilliant, brisk, bubbly, capersome, cheerful, chipper, clever, coltish, droll, ebullient,… …

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  • 27adroit — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, adept, adroitness, apt, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, canny, clean, clever, coordinated, crack, crackerjack, craft, cunning, cute, daedal, deft, deftness,… …

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  • 28apt — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, a propos, ad rem, adapted, adept, adroit, alert, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, artistic, authoritative, becoming, befitting, bent, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, clean, clever, comely,… …

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  • 29brainy — Synonyms and related words: adroit, alert, apt, bright, brilliant, clever, dexterous, gifted, keen, keen witted, knowing, nimble, nimble witted, no dumbbell, not born yesterday, quick, quick thinking, quick witted, scintillating, sharp, sharp… …

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  • 30bright — Synonyms and related words: Leibnizian, Saturnian, adroit, advanced, agile, aglow, alert, alight, alive, animate, animated, apt, astute, attentive, auspicious, awake, balmy, beaming, bedazzling, benign, benignant, blazing, bleached, blinding,… …

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