witty
adjective
possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression.
wittily
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a word derived from
witty.
Example Sentences
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Again wittily, one real-life master of impressions, Mr. Rhys Harries’s fellow Welshman Rob Brydon, turns up in the film as a smarmy talk-show host.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
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
In films like “In Fabric” and “The Duke of Burgundy,” he pays homage to fringe genre cinema of the past, while wittily winking at contemporary anxieties.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
But she wittily captured the changing fortunes of women in the modern world.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2023
"She wants," said Jay Cee wittily, "to be everything."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
