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QUICK-WITTEDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does quick-wittedness mean?

• QUICK-WITTEDNESS (noun)
The noun QUICK-WITTEDNESS has 1 sense:

1. intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

Familiarity information: QUICK-WITTEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• QUICK-WITTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

mental quickness; quick-wittedness; quickness

Hypernyms ("quick-wittedness" is a kind of...):

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

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