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wittiness

American  
[wit-ee-nis] / ˈwɪt i nɪs /

noun

  1. the quality or condition of being amusingly clever.

    Creativity in advertising should convey a brand’s uniqueness rather than merely display the advertiser’s ingenuity and wittiness.

    Customers love the wittiness of the names of sandwiches and drinks on the menu.

Etymology

Origin of wittiness

witty ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“It’s the wittiness and it’s the material. You gotta do your homework, you gotta know everything about who you’re going after. Within reason, of course.”

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2023

“It’s the wittiness and it’s the material. You gotta do your homework, you gotta know everything about who you’re going after. Within reason, of course.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2023

And you’ve nailed that thing about the wittiness of it.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2020

Moffat and Gatiss found a way to take often-used and referenced characters and make them feel fresh and new, employing a killer combination of wittiness, editing, and perhaps most importantly of all, casting.

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2020

But to him who looks but on the surface there is merriness enough and wittiness enough and wisdom enough to make his loss of the deeper meaning, for him, but a little loss.

From Irish Plays and Playwrights by Weygandt, Cornelius

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