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Meanings of more witty in English

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Usage of more witty in English
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The more brutal they were the more witty she seemed to think them.
The Brown Mask
2
A more witty, a more amusing figure does not exist.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
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Mr. Disraeli was the more adroit, the more witty, and the more brilliant in his thrusts.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10: European Leaders
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There is nothing more witty than your remark on the perpetual youth of composers in Paris.
Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 / from Rome to the End
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He became more witty, more masterful, while the repartee of his adversaries sank to wretched piffle.
Bunker Bean
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I do not know a purer, more virtuous partner, or a more witty and enlivening man.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
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And she proceeded to give an account of the Fallowfeild party at luncheon more witty, perhaps, than veracious.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
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As an orator, Seymour was the more persuasive, logical, and candid-VanBuren the more witty, sarcastic, and brilliant.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
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These fooleries put the king into such good humour that he was more witty in his speech than ordinary.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
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Never had Georges been more witty, more affectionate, more well-bred; he was still the man of the day before.
Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Volume 02
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He celebrates his expected departure in some verses more witty than moral, in which he addresses our islanders as follows:
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
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Wine is rather valued as imparting a happy moderate glow, making the thoughts come faster, and the tongue more witty.
A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
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The aristocrat is not merely to be taller than mortal men and stronger and handsomer, he is also to be more witty.
Heretics
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And this for the simple reason that the aristocrats are not more witty than the poor, but a very great deal less so.
Heretics
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Good things are said, and there is that kind of happy appreciation which makes the generally silent speak and the clever more witty.
Trumps
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In fact, the Sun's visual history of Britain's past, present and future is in many ways more witty and perceptive that you would expect.
The Guardian
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