wittiness

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Recent Examples of wittiness D’heygere There’s no one who reads the room better than Stéphanie D’heygere — and adds plenty of wittiness and humor to it. Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wittiness
Noun
  • Sometimes the irony turns bitter and, with a typically Eastern European sensibility, highlights the paradoxes of institutions, as well as the madness and meanness born from the pursuit and preservation of power.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 June 2026
  • The tragedies and ironies of life can produce some of the brightest light.
    Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • The harp is not an instrument of slyness, wryness, or the earth.
    Emma Madden, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Basically, no matter how soap-y the show gets, Akerman permits the audience to buy into and sincerely enjoy the Hunting Wives ridiculousness.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Whoever enlisted Jorma Taccone to direct this deserves a raise, given that the charter member of the Lonely Island understands how to consistently ramp things up to levels of high ridiculousness.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After Monday’s ruling, social media lit up with criticism for Sorsby regaining eligibility minus the first two games of the 2026 season, while others pointed out the seeming absurdity.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 June 2026
  • There was an absurdity to it all that took the edge off the menace.
    Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Noun
  • Well, the Premier League table is definitely worth looking at, if only to marvel at its ludicrousness.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Federal agents training alongside UFC fighters, a title contender working out inside FBI headquarters and a UFC event on White House grounds would have sounded like satire just a few years ago.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 June 2026
  • In this section, artists Wendy Red Star, Omar Victor Diop, Yuki Kihara, Frida Orupabo, and Dimakatso Mathopa mine the tropes and cliches borne of these images, and through satire and recontextualization, offer works that center their own empowerment and subjectivity.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 10 June 2026

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“Wittiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wittiness. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.

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