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
An English explorer of note was saying ". . . and so I came upon a trunkless body" when keen-witted Lawyer Simon cut in, "You don't mean a trunkless body, you mean a headless body."
From Time Magazine Archive
He is keen-witted, clear-skinned, sound as a nut.
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
Sir William Temple, lonely without his clever and keen-witted companion, pined for his return.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
