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Meanings of repartee in English

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Usage of repartee in English
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Inside there's good cheer and a buzzing repartee and an energising style.
The Irish Times
2
A neighbour in the garden was exchanging repartee with a gentleman caller.
This Is the End
3
The repartee silenced Lizzie for the moment, but only for the moment.
The Bat
4
The teasing repartee between Vorderman and Whitely undoubtedly helped the show's success.
The Guardian
5
He was terrible in invective, matchless at repartee, and insensible to fear.
The Abolitionists / Together With Personal Memories Of The Strug...
6
His sense of humour was unlimited-inrepartee he easily held his own.
The Survivor
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From the pinnacle of his own greatness he makes a piquant repartee.
The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3
8
They achieve repartee the brilliance of which dazzles him to contemptible silence.
The Spenders: A Tale of the Third Generation
9
But the situation could not be saved by any degree of repartee.
White Ashes
10
He had much ease of manner and was a master of repartee.
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains
11
His repartee may be clumsy, but it is prompt and usually effective.
Private Peat
12
His words sprang into his mind as one thinks of a repartee.
The Research Magnificent
13
On another occasion at his table there was a very good repartee.
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 1
14
But this excellent citizen did not confine himself to this haughty repartee.
Paris under the Commune / The Seventy-Three Days of the Second S...
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He was quick at repartee, and his observations were gentle but pertinent.
My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
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But awkward as he was, he was quick-witted and good at repartee.
History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ...
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United Kingdom
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