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
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
Mrs. Shirril, however, was keen-witted enough to suspect the truth.
From The Great Cattle Trail by Edward Sylvester Ellis
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