quick-wittedness

noun

Definition of quick-wittednessnext
as in quickness

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Recent Examples of quick-wittedness What a theft of life and talent, and what a waste of care, quick-wittedness, and capability by Reverend Mother Constance. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quick-wittedness
  1. quickness
  2. brightness
  3. smartness
  4. perspicacity
  5. brilliance
  6. intelligence
  7. acumen
  8. cleverness
Noun
  • The Hornets believe Ajayi has elite physical and tools highlighted by size, athleticism, wingspan, quickness and strength.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026
  • The issue in his profile will be his quickness.
    — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of quickness
Noun
  • The right temple holds a multipurpose button and rocker for adjusting display brightness, switching between picture modes, and navigating the limited menu system.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Noctilucent clouds keep glowing with an oddly cold brightness.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of brightness
Noun
  • Balancing out work, making art that feels authentic, while still having a smartness about commercializing it and finding ways to commercialize it positively.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Engendered by the ubiquity of stable and robust WiFi and the incredible power of the smartphone’s system-on-a-chip design, the smart everything era demonstrates the full transfer of the smartness imaginary.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of smartness
Noun
  • And our unity with divine Mind endows each of us with the intelligence, spiritual insight, and perspicacity to make sound decisions, including consenting to receiving all the good God has prepared for us.
    — Karen Neff, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2025
Definition of perspicacity
Noun
  • Lamine Yamal has struggled since his return from injury, with just a few sparks of brilliance here and there.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
  • Highbrow reviewers didn't always appreciate their brilliance back then, but looking back all these decades later, many of the best examples still stand up now.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 11 July 2026
Definition of brilliance
Noun
  • Predictive robot intelligence LingBot-VA unifies future video prediction and policy learning within a single autoregressive framework, jointly learning visual dynamics and robot actions.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
  • Fourteen ships transited Hormuz on Sunday, four of which were crude oil tankers, a decline of about 60% compared with the 37 vessels that crossed the same day last week, according to data from the trade intelligence firm Kpler.
    — Brian Sullivan,Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 13 July 2026
Definition of intelligence
Noun
  • Cignetti has tapped into a distinctly Hoosier brand of team pride, which proves that his acumen is just as strong off the football field as on it.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The guys up at Auburn rave about his intelligence, his football acumen and his work ethic.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 20 Jan. 2023
Definition of acumen
Noun
  • In The Executioners, and the 1962 and 1991 film adaptations of that novel, Cady is a predator specifically of women — even more specifically, young women — and he’s known for this, more so than his sneakiness, cleverness, or time served.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
  • Not everyone was taken with his cleverness.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of cleverness

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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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