witty
adjective
wit·ty
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wittier;
wittiest
Definition of witty
1
: marked by or full of clever humor or wit : smartly facetious or jocular
a witty novel
2
: quick or ready to see or express illuminating or amusing relationships or insights
a witty raconteur
3
: amusingly or ingeniously clever in conception or execution
the costumes are sumptuous and witty— Virgil Thomson the musical background is … often witty— Wolcott Gibbs
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Other Words from witty
wittily
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adverb
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adverb
wittiness
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noun
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noun
Synonyms for witty
Synonyms
clever, facetious, humorous, jocular, smart
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Examples of witty in a Sentence
We'd kept everything witty and cool, until the air between us was so ironized that to say anything in earnest would have been a breach of manners, even of trust.
— Tobias Wolff, Old School, 2003
… when she walked up to me and made a caustic remark on the principal's address of the morning, I couldn't help laughing, as she was obviously not only intelligent but very witty.
— Margaret A. Edwards, The Fair Garden and the Swarm of Beasts, 1994
Yet for all his solemnity, Hamlet was also the play's and Shakespeare's wittiest wit, with as many one-liners as any comic in the whole canon.
— Reed Whittemore, Pure Lives, 1988
a witty talk show host
a witty and sardonic blogger who never fails to amuse his legion of readers
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Recent Examples on the Web
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More Definitions for witty
witty
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of witty
: funny and clever
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witty
adjective
wit·ty
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wittier;
wittiest
Kids Definition of witty
: having or showing cleverness
a witty person a witty remark
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