Adjective : quick-witted; slow-witted; dull-witted. From Dictionary.com.
Once there came along a man who all said was half-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
By nature the Arab is active, vivacious, and keen-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
She was a quick-witted creature, and knew just what to do. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Joe was so tongue-tied that his sisters thought him slow-witted. From Wordnik.com. [The Dimaggio Nobody Knew] Reference
"On the contrary, you are unusually clear-witted," was the answer. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Olivia Munn can deliver the quick-witted evidence all for herself. From Wordnik.com. [COMIC-CON 2010: Rising OLIVIA MUNN has already inherited the geeks. Will she now inherit the Earth?] Reference
Once upon a time there was a king and queen who had a half-witted son. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
Shut your mouth, child, -- you look half-witted with it open that way. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"An old neighbor of mine who is half-witted," replied the queen, quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Italian Popular Tales] Reference
She is only half-witted, you know, and didn't do her teachers much credit. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
And yet, quick-witted as she was, it did not occur to her to find a new one. From Wordnik.com. [An Australian Lassie] Reference
But there have been moments when he's appeared quite sane, even sharp-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Going Ballistic (Sort of)] Reference
The detective did not attempt to slink away -- he was too cool and ready-witted. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
But can the reunited popsters update their dim-witted dance music for 21st-century ears?. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
She was quick-witted, she might quite conceivably guess at the existence of some riddle. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
"He's got that Southern style of being quick-witted with a slow delivery," Boritt recalls. From Wordnik.com. [But Words Will Never Hurt Me] Reference
Cage plays Kaufman as well as his genial, slow-witted (and fictitious) twin brother, Donald. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions Of An Outrageous Mind] Reference
Garcia was evidently, as the listening detective discerned, a very shrewd, quick-witted man. From Wordnik.com. [The Dock Rats of New York] Reference
Clarence proved himself alert and quick witted in retort, with an answer ready for every objection. From Wordnik.com. [Love at Paddington] Reference
She would have been amazed at me writing this book because she thought I was completely half-witted. From Wordnik.com. [The Duchess of Devonshire: 'When you are very old, you cry over some things, but not a lot'] Reference
This helps explain, I think, why so much of it turns out to be superficial, misleading or dim-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
Eline's bossy, no-nonsense sister Betsy gradually recognizes that her beloved only child is slow-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Tolstoy and Trollope Fans, Meet Couperus] Reference
As the slow-witted driver gets out of the car he can be heard exclaiming that he "didn't see" the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [World's Worst Driver? Ridiculous Car Crash Caught On Tape (VIDEO)] Reference
To describe Prothero as "quick-witted" or his interests as "interdisciplinary" wouldn't quite do him justice. From Wordnik.com. [The Gospel of Prothero] Reference
Some industry wags called Levin "Forrest Gump," after the slow-witted movie character, say Hollywood executives. From Wordnik.com. [One More Stab At It] Reference
Getting out, once you're locked in, requires cleverness because dim-visioned bosses aren't necessarily dim-witted. From Wordnik.com. [Adele Scheele: How to Escape a Dead-End Job] Reference
Mademoiselle Marie was so quick-witted that her mother often suspected she knew the secret which concerned herself. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He could invent schemes that often made some of the duller-witted chaps fairly gasp, and declare he must be a wizard. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
The players usually select some ready witted person to assume the part of Justice, another acts as Crier or Collector. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
She was quick-witted and adaptable; she would be a tremendous social success with a little expert coaching, and he ----?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
This keen-witted, uncontrollable girl, was putting up barrier upon barrier between herself and their desire to serve her. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
What the Lebanese protestors are saying is what many Arabs are feeling: they're fed up with all these dim-witted dictators. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowland: Democratic Terrorists?] Reference
Knowing how quick-witted she is, it would likely have been the first reaction she had, rather than one she had to think about for days. From Wordnik.com. [Terry Krepel: Ann Coulter Doesn't Hate Gays Enough for WorldNetDaily] Reference
And at this handle, the careless, the brutal, the malicious, and the dense witted -- all Those Others -- lunge, pull, and twist by turns. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
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