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
Carter had made the statement before, but none of the newsmen covering him had made a big issue of it until keen-witted Columnist Joseph Kraft asked Carter about it during the final TV debate.
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
He is keen-witted, clear-skinned, sound as a nut.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prowling Iroquois were keen-witted, and although they may have been careless at first, yet they were on the lookout for the slightest indication of their enemies.
From The Wilderness Fugitives by Ellis, Edward Sylvester
