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Meanings of quick-wittedness in английском
испанский
rapidez mental Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay.
Синонимы
Examples for "quickness"
Examples for "quickness"
1
His account-book was a curiosity; and his quickness at figures quite remarkable.
2
Sailors loosened and lowered the boat from the davits with extraordinary quickness.
3
Cigarette caught at the inference with the quickness of her lightning-like thought.
4
Sometimes this thought-quickness and happy dexterity had to be used in self-defence.
5
The plan the lad had resolved upon required nerve, resolution and quickness.
1
The other test, which presented basic arithmetic problems, measured mental quickness and working memory.
Usage of quick-wittedness in английском
1
There is a moral quick-wittedness which sees the smile behind the threatening mask of Fate.
2
Despite his quick-wittedness in countering Terrace and the press, the LEMSIP director was in trouble.
3
Mr. Murch's private secretary held a position requiring quick-wittedness and suavity in no common degree.
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By her own quick-wittedness and adroitness she had turned the tables on her would-be destroyer.
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Others remembered his quick-wittedness in helping his friends.
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While a certain amount of quick-wittedness might be appropriate, a weekly test of macho strength is not.
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He had trusted to his own cunning and quick-wittedness; he had been shrewd, not over-scrupulous, and successful.
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Tommy appreciated her quick-wittedness in realizing that he might be staying at the inn under an assumed name.
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The same quick-wittedness and energy which had made him a good polo player made him a good reporter.
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He discovered no contemptible sagacity and quick-wittedness in the science of horse-flesh, and was eminently expert in the arts of shooting, fishing, and hunting.
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It is true that Tom had never confessed to the feeling that glowed in his breast, but Grace, with a woman's quick-wittedness, comprehended it.
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"You are quite a match for your grandmother in quick-wittedness," he said.
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"Nothing serious," said Julie, with that wonderful self-possession which a woman's quick-wittedness usually brings to her aid when it is most called for.