quick-witted

quick-witted

See also: quickwitted

English

Etymology

From quick +‎ wit +‎ -ed.

Adjective

quick-witted (comparative more quick-witted, superlative most quick-witted)

1. Mentally keen and alert.

   She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.

Related terms

• witty

Translations

mentally keen

Asturian: cuciu Chinese: Mandarin: 機智 (zh), 机智 (zh) (jīzhì), 聰明 (zh), 聪明 (zh) (cōngmíng) Dutch: scherp van geest Finnish: nokkela (fi), terävä (fi), nopeaälyinen (fi)

German: geistesgegenwärtig, schlagfertig (de) Maori: atamai Polish: [person] błyskotliwy Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: поня́тливый (ru) (ponjátlivyj), сообрази́тельный (ru) (soobrazítelʹnyj), дога́дливый (ru) (dogádlivyj), нахо́дчивый (ru) (naxódčivyj)