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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Witty \Wit"ty\, adjective [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS. witig, wittig. See {Wit}, noun]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] ''The deep-revolving witty Buckingham.'' --Shak.
2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like. ''Honeycomb, who was so unmercifully witty upon the women.'' --Addison.
Syn: Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing; humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
witty
adjective: combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent" [also: {wittiest}, {wittier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "witty": Attic, absurd, amusing, biting, bizarre, brilliant, clever, diverting, droll, eccentric, entertaining, facetious, funny, hilarious, humorous, humorsome, incongruous, jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous, mordant, nimble-witted, penetrating, piercing, pointed, priceless, probing, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quizzical, rapier-like, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty, scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, whimsical
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