witty English

Meaning witty meaning

What does witty mean?

Definitions in simple English

witty Adjective

— If someone gave a witty reply, the reply is clever and funny. His speech was both witty and informative.

witty

— adjective combining clever conception and facetious expression his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent

Synonyms witty synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as witty?

witty English » English

humorous

sharp

clever

smart

jocular

facetious

quick-witted

lively

keen

bright

wit

tact

subtle

strange

sharp-witted

sagacious

resourceful

intelligent

ingenious

funny

zany

waspish

waggish

tricky

thin

tasty

tactful

subtile

stylish

spiritual

spicy

smooth-talking and polished

smart and polished

savvy

romantic

quizzical

queer

quaint

prompt

prankish

poignant

playful

perspicacious

perceptive

original

obstinate

nipping

mirth-provoking

mental

lurid

Topics witty topics

What do people use witty to talk about?

Social behavior Social activity

Humor

• What words are used of joking?
  to joke be witty jest crack a joke make pun to pun make fun of make sport of retort banter kid wisecrack come back at josh clown
• What words describe a person's sense of humor?
  witty comic jocular droll smart dry wit slapstick fun facetious waggish comical salty
• What words describe a person who jokes?
  witty quick-witted smart jocular droll funny waggish facetious whimsical humorous comic

Examples witty examples

How do I use witty in a sentence?

Simple sentences

He is not witty or bright.

Tom is witty.

You're witty.

He's always making such witty remarks!

A witty man is only worth something if he has character.

My father always comes up with something witty to say.

She's always witty and eloquent.

Tom isn't witty.

Tom said you were witty.

He said it for the sake of a witty remark.

Tom was witty.

I think Tom is witty.

Tom is very witty.

Movie subtitles

Oh, how witty!

Didn't he impress you as being rather witty?

Women, as a witty Frenchman put it. inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and prevent us from carrying them out.

I can be witty.

I see you prefer to be witty rather than wise.

Somebody's got to be very witty about a toast.

Everything wise and witty has long since been said by minds more mature and talents far greater than mine.

Isn't that witty, Petronius?

Very witty!

The intelligent and witty guest.

The deep-revolving witty Buckingham. no more shall be the neighbor to my counsels.

Bright, witty, modern now highly expensive, since I'm waiting for a designer to make up her mind.

Very witty to be sure.

I can see you have a witty little tongue.

Are we supposed to find that witty? He's particular!

I like a witty woman, too.

Such a witty fellow.

One that's witty, - gay, charming, attractive. - Witty, gay, charming, sure.

Why, I think you say all sorts of witty things.

Very witty, very clever.

I've counted my chickens before they were hatched once.. You're so nice and so witty!

Hubert was so witty.

First, I'm not witty.

HOW WITTY YOU ARE.

You're very witty, but I must go.

Your mother would scold you if you shot the pretty-witty lady.

You've seen his caricatures. He's very witty. You'll like him.

The witty so often undervalue the rich and vice-versa.

Tear off a box top, write 20 witty words and own the world.

And she's witty.

Something brilliant, witty?

How witty!

News and current affairs

Why should it be considered witty to celebrate the uselessness of knowledge?

LONDON - When Mark Carney replaces Mervyn King as Governor of the Bank of England in July 2013, the world will be deprived of King's witty public utterances.