quick-wittedness

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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
Noun
  • Van Demark and Tiernan are two giants with smarts and lateral quickness, far more capable than Justin Skule and Rouse were last season.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • The quickness in his moves is influenced by his experience running multiple sprint events in high school track and field.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • This setup will prove both aesthetically pleasing and functional, bringing welcome brightness to the yard at night.
    Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tackle the Light Fixtures Porch lighting attracts bugs and collects dust, dimming the brightness over time.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The Pixel Watch blends style and smartness in a way most wearables miss.
    Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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
Noun
  • For all the attacking flair and brilliance that Desire Doué, Ousmane Dembélé and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia possess, their enthusiasm and tenacity to defend from the front makes this team almost suffocating to come up against.
    Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 6 May 2026
  • In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, David Levy, a TV exec who helped Turner secure sports broadcasting rights, remarked on his brilliance as a businessman who was ahead of his time.
    Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Charles is expected to talk about the defense, intelligence and security ties the countries have shared for decades.
    Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Belarus’ presidential press service said the negotiations had involved intelligence services from seven countries.
    Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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 | cstephenson@al.com, al, 20 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • If there’s cleverness to the way Lindsay-Abaire keeps passing the buck of hypocrisy between the members of the neighborhood association, there’s also a pervading sense of decorum that limits how far the satire can go.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The finding speaks to the cleverness of Kea (Nestor notabilis), mountain-dwelling parrots with a reputation for impish intelligence.
    Elizabeth Anne Brown, Scientific American, 20 Apr. 2026

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“Quick-wittedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quick-wittedness. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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