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wit | American Dictionary

wit
noun[ C/U ]
us/wɪt/
the ability to use words in an amusing and intelligent way, or a person who has this ability:
[ U ]The warmth and wit of her literary style bring the subject to life.

Examples of wit

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Throughout the sequence, experiments like these develop tonal contours to parallel the wit, doubt, active desire, and spiritual growth in the themes.
Thus, it is superiority in wit that allows the trickster to gain the upper hand.
Proverbs are applied with precision, often with creativity and wit.
And what is said is characterized by linguistic acumen and wit.
Consequently, various forms of memory, sagacity, or wit were highly developed, whereas these bumps typical of vanity and passion for glory were extremely small.
One could think of other words, like lungs or wits.
To wit: the cause of the order of the matter is its form, since each element's particular place is determined by its form.
The same wit evident in their name informed the menus specially designed for the inaugural dinner.
But we do need to think more carefully about theory, and we need to be prepared to keep our critical and historical wits sharpened.
This is a book in which playfulness and wit interlock with, rather than adorn or relieve, probing analysis and humane seriousness.
His wit, recall for the mot juste, the appropriate data set, names and references continued to sparkle undiminished.
They reflect the author's considerable expertise and are thoughtful, well written, and not lacking in wit.
His fieldnotes and letters back home were always filled with poignant observations, good wit, and honest introspection.
However, the opacity of the connection between wit and -ness presumably makes this word effectively monomorphemic.
But the spirit world was notoriously the realm of popular enthusiasm or of patrician wit and satire.
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