wittiness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wittiness
Explanation
Your wittiness is your ability to be clever and make people laugh. If you're known for your wittiness, you'll probably get invited to a lot of parties. If someone is quick with a joke or a clever comment, you can describe them as witty — and this general characteristic is known as wittiness. Your brother's wittiness makes him popular with his friends, but it may sometimes get him in trouble at school. And the wittiness of the writing might also make an otherwise serious novel much more interesting to read.
Vocabulary lists containing wittiness
Example Sentences
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“It’s the wittiness and it’s the material. You gotta do your homework, you gotta know everything about who you’re going after. Within reason, of course.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023
The sweetness is always still wrapped in the self-centeredness and the wittiness and the jerk face stuff that I say.
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023
And you’ve nailed that thing about the wittiness of it.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2020
"I learn new words when I do crosswords, and I am amused by the wittiness of them," she said by e-mail.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2010
Two or three by the wittiness of their answers amused the mob and were thereupon acquitted, the acquittals being greeted by the spectators as heartily as the sentences of death.
From In the Reign of Terror by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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