quick-witted
adjective
having a nimble, alert mind.
quick-wittedly
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a word derived from
quick-witted.
Example Sentences
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Another interne quick-wittedly applied clamps to the spurting blood vessels, yelled lustily for help.
From Time Magazine Archive
The firemen, aware that insurance on their equipment was void if the equipment was damaged outside Boise, quick-wittedly refused.
From Time Magazine Archive
As the stream of their townspeople passed by, each with a carefully prepared word of greeting, Burns was ready with a quick-wittedly amiable rejoinder.
From Mrs. Red Pepper by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
Isabelle grinned silently in horrible embarrassment but Charlotte said, quick-wittedly: "How is your mother, Kenneth, and Dorothy?"
From The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Thompson Norris
She hesitated to reply only one instant; then quick-wittedly: "So we are in the same boat as the Government!"
From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Ulrich Frank
