Witty

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Witty \Wit"ty\, a. [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS.
     witig, wittig. See {Wit}, n.]
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     1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious;
        clever; cunning. [Obs.] "The deep-revolving witty
        Buckingham." --Shak.


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     2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee;
        droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty
        remark, poem, and the like. "Honeycomb, who was so
        unmercifully witty upon the women." --Addison.
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     Syn: Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing;
          humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting.
          [1913 Webster] Witwal

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  witty
       adj : combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his
             sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well
             as eloquent"
       [also: {wittiest}, {wittier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  51 Moby Thesaurus words for "witty":
     Attic, absurd, amusing, biting, bizarre, brilliant, clever,
     diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, funny,
     hilarious, humorous, humorsome, incongruous, jesting, jocose,
     jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable,
     ludicrous, mordant, nimble-witted, penetrating, piercing, pointed,
     priceless, probing, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical,
     rapier-like, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty, scintillating,
     screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, whimsical