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Significados de quick-witted em inglês

Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity.

Quick-witted.

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Uso de quick-witted em inglês
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He's self-deprecating and quick-witted enough to keep the action breezing right along.
Reuters
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They have the reputation of being the most quick-witted of all Chinese.
An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ...
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But the four police were oversure, and Yasmini too quick-witted for them.
Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth
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He jests with his grief, too, in quick-witted retort, as Hamlet jests:
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
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Despite his reputation for quietness, Seaman is quick-witted and bolshie with hecklers.
The Guardian
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The parson's wife was quick-witted, and she thought of the bead bag.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories
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I too squatted by Noma's head, and grew quick-witted in my fear.
Nada the Lily
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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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He was a quick-witted man, sociable and likeable, if not entirely cultured.
Naomi’s Room
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Neither was Nick ready to speak first; he was a quick-witted negro.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
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In his grey lounge suit he had the look of a quick-witted clerk.
The Summons
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Fortunately, the prince was quick-witted enough to see the point of the joke.
Haydn
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Athletic, quick and quick-witted as well as a good shot stopper.
The Irish Times
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But the quick-witted Bartley took the alarm, and literally collared him.
A Perilous Secret
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There was a change in the colonel's manner, which the quick-witted child heeded.
Trent's Trust, and Other Stories
16
But the savage woman is nothing if not quick-witted and politic.
The Great Taboo