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Meanings of sharp-witted in English

Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity.

Usage of sharp-witted in English
1
She was only sixteen, this sharp-witted little girl, and a beautiful blonde.
Condensed Novels
2
In the course of her account, she emerges as sharp-witted if occasionally haughty.
The Irish Times
3
But she was sharp-witted, and made the most of the situation even so.
The Lion of Petra
4
He's sharp-witted, but is apparently interested only in direct, quantifiable objectives.
Underground
5
In regard to other things he was sharp-witted above his fellows.
Erling the Bold
6
Do you think he hasn't followed us, my sharp-witted, nimble-minded lump of self-admiration?
Second Foundation
7
Jo was a sharp-witted rascal, without a single scruple between, himself and fortune.
Cobwebs from an Empty Skull
8
He is cautious, subtle, intelligent and sharp-witted-goodgifts when they are well used.
Narratives of New Netherland, 1609-1664
9
He was an honest Scot, not too sharp-witted, but straight as a die.
The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales
10
Her black-rimmed eyes would stay bright and sharp-witted to the day she died.
The Silver Pigs
11
But there's no need to glare at us like that, my sharp-witted wench.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
12
The sharp-witted goddess who'd freed him from prison was teasing him.
The irish warrior
13
He might lack field experience, but he stood out as a sharp-witted intellectual asset.
The girl who played with fire
14
The sharp-witted Miss Afflint was a great ally of his.
The Half-Hearted
15
A certain sharp-witted savant surnamed them "La Societe des Malcontents du Spiritisme."
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
16
On every other subject, though, she's the same girl she's always been, sharp-witted, insightful, quick.
Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia