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

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

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

But keen-witted Mrs. Palmer had realized what exactly was the condition of affairs some time before.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Marsh, Richard