ready-witted
Americanadjective
adjective
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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
All that I know of life convinces me that the successful men are the ready-witted men.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
‘And you,’ retorted the ready-witted fellow, ‘may tell yours that you have had the honour of being shaved by the Mayor of Altrincham.’
From England in the Days of Old by Andrews, William
If, however, by any chance he should prove to be smart, ready-witted, and a successful talker, his sway is a perfect despotism.
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
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