Usage of "quick-witted"

Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity.

Quick-witted.

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He's self-deprecating and quick-witted enough to keep the action breezing right along. 
 Reuters 

They have the reputation of being the most quick-witted of all Chinese. 
 An Australian in China / Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey ... 

But the four police were oversure, and Yasmini too quick-witted for them. 
 Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth 

He jests with his grief, too, in quick-witted retort, as Hamlet jests: 
 The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story 

Despite his reputation for quietness, Seaman is quick-witted and bolshie with hecklers. 
 The Guardian 

The parson's wife was quick-witted, and she thought of the bead bag. 
 Young Lucretia and Other Stories 

I too squatted by Noma's head, and grew quick-witted in my fear. 
 Nada the Lily 

But awkward as he was, he was quick-witted and good at repartee. 
 History of Kershaw's Brigade / With Complete Roll of Companies, ... 

He was a quick-witted man, sociable and likeable, if not entirely cultured. 
 Naomi’s Room 

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 

In his grey lounge suit he had the look of a quick-witted clerk. 
 The Summons 

Fortunately, the prince was quick-witted enough to see the point of the joke. 
 Haydn 

Athletic, quick and quick-witted as well as a good shot stopper. 
 The Irish Times 

But the quick-witted Bartley took the alarm, and literally collared him. 
 A Perilous Secret 

There was a change in the colonel's manner, which the quick-witted child heeded. 
 Trent's Trust, and Other Stories 

But the savage woman is nothing if not quick-witted and politic. 
 The Great Taboo 

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