witty

[ wit-ee ]

/ ˈwɪt i /

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adjective, wit·ti·er, wit·ti·est.

possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.

characterized by wit: a witty remark.

British Dialect. intelligent; clever

OTHER WORDS FOR witty

1, 2 droll, funny, original, sparkling, brilliant.

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OPPOSITES FOR witty

1, 2 dull, stupid.

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Origin of witty

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English wittig originally, “wise”; see wit¹, -y¹

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1, 2. See humorous¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM witty

wit·ti·ly, adverbwit·ti·ness, noun

How to use witty in a sentence

She was voted “the wittiest, cleverest, and most distinctive” student in her year.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine|Tom Arnold-Forster|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our first business, then, is with Wall, and to find out wherein lies the true excellence of the “Wittiest Partition.”
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
The people he found there had seen it as well, and the wittiest wanted to know what he was now going to do.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James
By Jove, Wilton, you must come and meet her; you never saw such a figure, and she's the wittiest creature I ever ran across!
The Making of a Prig|Evelyn Sharp

But then was he newly christened, so that men held him afterward one of the wittiest men of the world.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory
One said one thing, another said another, but a fat, lazy scullery girl said the wittiest thing of all.
The Irish Fairy Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for witty

witty

/ (ˈwɪtɪ) /

adjective -tier or -tiest

characterized by clever humour or wit

archaic, or dialect intelligent or sensible

Derived forms of witty

wittily, adverbwittiness, noun

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