ready-witted
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ready-witted
First recorded in 1575–85
Example Sentences
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Thurman Wesley Arnold is just the kind of irreverent, ready-witted jack-of-all-trades whose presence with the New Deal in Washington since 1933 both businessmen and old-line politicians have found irritating.
From Time Magazine Archive
A ready-witted patriarch with a slow drawl and snow white hair, Commissioner Davis was a Roosevelt appointee, specializes in fraudulent advertising.
From Time Magazine Archive
There was a promptitude and decision in all she did, a ready-witted intelligence to encounter whatever difficulty arose, and a bold, purpose-like activity of character about her that amazed and delighted that astute gentleman.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
Smith and Shiney were true types of the somewhat cynical but ever ready-witted and laughter-loving Londoner, who makes such a first-rate fighting man.
From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis
All that I know of life convinces me that the successful men are the ready-witted men.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
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