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wittily

  • a word derived from witty.

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In between the stops and restarts, they both wittily let off steam about the absurdity of the process.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2025

But she wittily captured the changing fortunes of women in the modern world.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2023

At times “Spoiler Alert” feels like an edgy, clever film that plays wittily on the main character’s lifelong obsession with TV.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2022

Set largely in and around a house nestled in the woods, Sciamma’s Lilliputian tour de force is a wittily modern fairy tale and model of elegant narrative economy.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2022

"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything."

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath