witty
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Drawing boldly from her own life and the loss of a cherished friend, the best-selling author delivers a spare, witty and incandescent story about family trauma and the mysteries of memory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
At the time of her death, Queen Camilla led the tributes, describing her as a legend and a "wonderfully witty and compassionate friend".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Mary Bennet cares very little about finding a husband because all she’s ever heard is that she isn’t pretty or witty enough.
From Salon • May 20, 2026
Zabaglio’s brother, Jamie, visited from Washington and performed a witty free-form comedy act only a few slots after his sibling.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
They could always talk; and their discourse, witty, pithy, original, had such charms for me, that I preferred listening to, and sharing in it, to doing anything else.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing witty
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 2
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"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
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