witty
to be cleverly funny
TRANSLATION
witty = geistreich, witzig
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The drama critic James Agate once approached Lilian Braithwaite at a social function. "My dear lady," he declared, "may I tell you something I have wanted to tell you for years: that you are the second most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom."
Agate, awaiting the obvious question - for which he had prepared a suitably WITTY reply - was disappointed by the actress's own clever answer:
"Thank you, I shall always cherish* that," Braithwaite remarked, "as coming from the second-best drama critic!"
Braithwaite, Dame Florence Lilian (1873-1948) British actress
*cherish = schätzen
Agate, awaiting the obvious question - for which he had prepared a suitably WITTY reply - was disappointed by the actress's own clever answer:
"Thank you, I shall always cherish* that," Braithwaite remarked, "as coming from the second-best drama critic!"
Braithwaite, Dame Florence Lilian (1873-1948) British actress
*cherish = schätzen
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witty
1. Possessing or demonstrating wit in speech or writing; very clever and humorous.
2. Characterized by or having the nature of wit; funny or jocular: a witty saying.
3. Quick to discern and express amusing insights or relationships.
4. Entertainingly and strikingly clever or original in concept, design, or performance: a witty sculpture; witty choreography.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
amusing, bright, brilliant, campy, crazy, diverting, entertaining, epigrammatic, fanciful, funny, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, joshing, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, screaming, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical
1. Possessing or demonstrating wit in speech or writing; very clever and humorous.
2. Characterized by or having the nature of wit; funny or jocular: a witty saying.
3. Quick to discern and express amusing insights or relationships.
4. Entertainingly and strikingly clever or original in concept, design, or performance: a witty sculpture; witty choreography.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
amusing, bright, brilliant, campy, crazy, diverting, entertaining, epigrammatic, fanciful, funny, humorous, ingenious, intelligent, jocose, jocular, joshing, keen, lively, original, penetrating, piercing, piquant, quick-witted, ridiculous, scintillating, screaming, slapstick, sparkling, waggish, whimsical
