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词汇 wittily
释义 wittily
adverb
uk /ˈwɪt.əl.i/ us /ˈwɪt̬.əl.i/
in a way that uses words in a clever and funny way: 风趣地,诙谐地
He spoke sometimes wittily, sometimes movingly.他说话时而诙谐,时而感人。
The story is told wittily and warmly through the voice of 15-year-old Mia.这个故事是通过15岁的米娅的声音诙谐而温暖地讲述的。
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witty
It is a brilliant book, wittily written.
The film is wittily scripted.
Details of mall life in modern America are wittily observed.
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bone dryidiom
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photobomb
photobombing
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standing joke
wag
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Examples of wittily


wittily
The song ends brusquely as the realization of being in love silences the singer, and wittily interrupts the expected conclusion.
That number figures earlier in the typographically fractured pages, but wittily turned on its side to produce the mathematical symbol for infinity: (p. 264).
It is easy to be wise after the event and, indeed, as somebody wittily said, it is wise to be wise after the event.
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He has posed very wittily a number of questions to which none of us can pretend to know all the answers.
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As to the history itself, much of it is interesting; some of it is wittily written, and some of it is curious.
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He wittily claimed that, in a three-party system, that would avoid replacing first past the post with first past the palace.
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Someone once wittily said that hope was the only commodity which was not yet taxed.
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I fancy we shall hear a good deal more from him, and no doubt it will be interesting and wittily put.
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It was done wittily, with self-mockery and modesty, and it was extremely well put.
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As one newspaper wittily observed to-day, one would not give to the people who take part in this war police or fire brigade medals.
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We were wittily titillated, those of us who have been in practice, by his recital of the type of fee which was paid in the past.
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He put his case wittily and effectively.
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At the same time, he could be wittily ironic about society's pretensions, spoofing subjects like psychiatry, suburbanites and social climbing.
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Author has called his novel wittily a textbook.
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Vinny wittily asks for one more chance to prove himself.
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