witty
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Emerging during the first wave of grime, alongside artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Lethal Bizzle, he stood apart for his witty, literate style.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In Crompton’s joyful and witty stories, however convoluted their plots, things come right in the end—if not for everyone, always for just William.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
One of the film’s gently witty touches is that, after the collapse of electricity-dependent technology, the Mennonites would hardly have to change their ways.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Angela Jain, head of content at Disney+ EMEA, said Higgins' name was a "shortcut" for a tone that is "cheeky, fun, witty, and warm".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
She thought this brilliantly witty and flung her arms round him in delight.
From "1984" by George Orwell
“Why should we follow the old ways? Were they so perfect as to leave no room for something bolder, tougher, wittier, more equal and more just?”
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
Allen, as always, is comfortable in his fat suit, and as before, the television series is better than the movies were — just as silly but much wittier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Low farce is a high calling, and wittier examples such as Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” do more with wee things like, say, character and story.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2018
Other participants in the march included children and pensioners and everyone in between, with protesters engaging in good-natured competition over whose banner or placard was wittier.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 23, 2018
“Yes, very soon. He gave me a quiet hint; I told him he was mistaken; he asked my pardon and said no more. Cole does not want to be wiser or wittier than his neighbours.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
Her visual recreation of the “Tropicoqueta” album cover onstage was one of the show’s wittiest moments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Ernst Lubitsch is best remembered today for directing some of the wittiest, sauciest Hollywood romantic comedies of the 1930s and ’40s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026
Australian-British author of the 1979 novel Puberty Blues, Kathy Lette, remembered Sir Tom as "one of the wittiest people I ever met".
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
But the wittiest items required a trip to a model railway shop.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2022
Miss Matilda Maddox, you are the wittiest, most fascinating flower to bloom in Baltimore in years.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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