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Definition of Witty |
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Witty
Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like. Related Definitions: And, As, At, Clever, Cunning, Droll, Especially, Facetious, Good, Humor, Judicious, Knowing, Like, Of, Or, Poem, Possessed, Possessing, Remark, Repartee, Sarcastic, Skillful, Sometimes, The, Wise, Wit, Witty |
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Witty Quotations
Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare A witty saying proves nothing. Voltaire One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. Jane Austen Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true. Albert Schweitzer Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue. Francis Bacon Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. Francis Bacon People who can't be witty exert themselves to be devout and affectionate. George Eliot Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves. Thomas Hobbes Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear. James Thurber It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time. Honore de Balzac |
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Witty Translations
witty in Dutch is snedig, gevat, geestig, ad rem witty in French is spirituel witty in German is witzig, geistreich, witzige witty in Hungarian is szellemes witty in Latin is lepidus, salsus witty in Spanish is ingenioso witty in Swedish is spirituell, kvick |
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