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
The noble-minded Nathan rids the hot-tempered Crusader of his intolerance, the keen-witted Saladin of his doubts.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is keen-witted, clear-skinned, sound as a nut.
From Time Magazine Archive
Carhayes had dismissed it contemptuously from his thoughts, but Eustace Milne, keen-witted, imaginative, had set to work to puzzle it out.
From 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War by Bertram Mitford
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