keen-witted

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Even keen-witted 93-year-old Joshua Green, from whose eponymous building the portrait had been taken, had no recollection of its provenance.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

A small, sombre, keen-witted man in casual brown clothes, 43-year-old Artist Quintanilla had it in mind last week to quit painting again, go back to help his friends in Spain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Further to harass the Commission, there was present in Geneva the author of the Russian project, Comrade Maxim Maximovitch Litvinov, a round-faced, round-bodied but keen-witted little man who is Soviet Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The noble-minded Nathan rids the hot-tempered Crusader of his intolerance, the keen-witted Saladin of his doubts.

From Time Magazine Archive

And no one knows better when it’s being played fairly by the big bosses at headquarters, than does your keen-witted railroader of the rank and file.

From The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad by Hungerford, Edward