"quickwitted" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/ [UK], /ˌkwɪkˈwɪt.ɪd/ [US], [ˌkwɪkˈwɪɾ.ɪd] [US] Forms: more quickwitted [comparative], most quickwitted [superlative]
Etymology: Compound of quick + witted. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com|en|quick|witted||||||||alt1=|alt10=|alt2=|alt3=|alt4=|alt5=|alt6=|alt7=|alt8=|alt9=|g1=|g10=|g2=|g3=|g4=|g5=|g6=|g7=|g8=|g9=|id1=|id10=|id2=|id3=|id4=|id5=|id6=|id7=|id8=|id9=|lang1=|lang10=|lang2=|lang3=|lang4=|lang5=|lang6=|lang7=|lang8=|lang9=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|pos1=|pos10=|pos2=|pos3=|pos4=|pos5=|pos6=|pos7=|pos8=|pos9=|t1=|t10=|t2=|t3=|t4=|t5=|t6=|t7=|t8=|t9=|tr1=|tr10=|tr2=|tr3=|tr4=|tr5=|tr6=|tr7=|tr8=|tr9=}} quick + witted, {{com+|en|quick|witted}} Compound of quick + witted Head templates: {{en-adj}} quickwitted (comparative more quickwitted, superlative most quickwitted)
  1. Mentally keen and alert. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: quick-witted Derived forms: quickwittedly, quickwittedness Translations (mentally keen): cuciu (Asturian), схватлив (shvatliv) (Bulgarian), находчив (nahodčiv) (Bulgarian), 機智 (Chinese Mandarin), 机智 (jīzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), 聰明 (Chinese Mandarin), 聪明 (cōngmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), scherp van geest (Dutch), nokkela (Finnish), terävä (Finnish), nopeaälyinen (Finnish), geistesgegenwärtig (German), schlagfertig (German), sveglio (Italian), acuto (Italian), perspicace (Italian), sagace (Italian), svelto (Italian), lesto d'ingegno (Italian), atamai (Maori), ngutu atamai (Maori), błyskotliwy (Polish), perspicaz (Portuguese), поня́тливый (ponjátlivyj) (Russian), сообрази́тельный (soobrazítelʹnyj) (Russian), дога́дливый (dogádlivyj) (Russian), нахо́дчивый (naxódčivyj) (Russian), kvicktänkt (Swedish), snabbtänkt (Swedish), кмітли́вий (kmitlývyj) (Ukrainian)

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