witty
/ˈwɪti
/adjective (wittier, wittiest)
Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour: a witty remark Marlowe was charming and witty...
- Mahd might have a witty sense of humour but he always has words of wisdom to say to me.
- Mrs. Drollmere had been a lively woman with a shrewd and witty sense of humour.
- For this to be a real success, the programme would have also to be witty and inventive in its use of language.
Synonyms
humorous, amusing, droll, funny, comic, comical, chucklesome;
sparkling, scintillating, lively, entertaining;
clever, quick-witted, sharp-witted, piquant, original, ingenious;
jocular, facetious, waggish;
epigrammatic
Derivatives
wittiness
- Writers must always be careful to weigh the wittiness of their readers against the obviousness of the written humour.
- He over-compensates for his Napoleonic height with a cocksure manner, but the inmates have warmed to his lewd wittiness.
- I thought the movie would be ok, but nothing could prepare me for the cleverness, the obscene wittiness, and the overall awesomeness.
Origin
Old English wit(t)ig 'having wisdom' (see wit1, -y1).