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wittily

/wit-ee/US // ˈwɪt i //UK // (ˈwɪtɪ) //

诙谐地说,诙谐地,诙谐的说,诙谐地讲

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    wit·ti·er, wit·ti·est.

    • : possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer.
    • : characterized by wit: a witty remark.
    • : British Dialect. intelligent; clever

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Examples

  • Which will give us a completely different picture of Colonel Parker than most people have, because the letters are so eloquent, so witty, also so smart and so to-the-point that they’re just fascinating.

  • Their art was courageous, clever, witty, and beautiful, but also capable of inspiring bold change.

  • These texts are a treat, mingling hard facts with witty and intriguing tidbits about the science behind an item and its context.

  • Sometimes, as Mathews remembers, she was witty and joyfully impulsive, but she couldn’t raise her sons with anything except a hand-to-mouth existence and constant household moves.

  • On “Frasier,” the pompous, but lovable, witty, opera-aficionado, twice-divorced psychiatrist Frasier Crane has moved to Seattle.

  • Though conversational and often witty, his meandering phrases become increasingly unpredictable as they develop.

  • They are variously loud, meditative, dramatic, witty, sexy, searing, and elegiac.

  • The 16-song pop treasure chest comes to a thrilling close with “New Romantics,” a remix-ready stomper crammed with witty lyrics.

  • But instead of a witty pop song, we have yet more woe-is-me-feel-my-pain from an overpaid, over-cosseted celebrity.

  • But Poehler is, and has been throughout the run of her show, just as good: just as silly, just as madcap, just as witty.

  • At lunch he was the greatest possible fun, bubbling over with jokes and witty sallies.

  • She cultivated a witty habit of speech, the society of cabinet ministers, and her chef was a celebrity.

  • "When I wants a maid, I'll please mysel," a declaration which all present seemed to consider very witty.

  • The damsel, uninterrupted in her own loquacity, had not discovered that this witty gentleman was——dumb!

  • A witty knave bargained with a seller of lace in London for as much as would reach from one of his ears to the other.