| What miseries were endured, and what injustices were done, because well-intentioned leaders lacked the quality of moral quick-wittedness! |
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| Mimi proposes a spirited quick-wittedness as an inventive, ethical response to the dilemmas posed by black and white encounters within modernity. |
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| Wisdom is subdivided into good sense, good calculation, quick-wittedness, discretion, and resourcefulness. |
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| Quickskill suggests speed and dexterity, quick-wittedness, the ability to improvise on the spot. |
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| A colourful exchange that relies on the quick-wittedness and ingenuity of both parties. |
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| The real Frank Abagnale Jr. had the youth, looks, quick-wittedness and chutzpah that turn criminals into folk heroes. |
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| In his Cruiskeen Lawn column in the Irish Times, Myles produced a fountain of laughter and quick-wittedness. |
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| While a certain amount of quick-wittedness might be appropriate, a weekly test of macho strength is not. |
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| Community handles this sentimentality well, which adds warmth to its quick-wittedness. |
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| However, he had underestimated Sam's speed and quick-wittedness. |
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| In the real estate business since 1998, his quick-wittedness is a major advantage! |
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| I have a lot respect for the British system, and the toughness and verbal facility and quick-wittedness of the British politicians who can handle this type of thing. |
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| Immediately likeable, he works with the audience rather than against them, displaying a keen quick-wittedness and an impressive improvisational skill. |
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| For his eyes betrayed that his mind was fully alert and held all the liveliness and quick-wittedness that had made him the world's darling for so long. |
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| That's the kind of bawdy quick-wittedness that has rescued Mr. Norton in the past. |
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| Our young human hero's humour, intelligence, quick-wittedness and swift reactions are contrasted with Boom's mischievousness, innocence and ingenuousness to give the series a particularly sweet, poetic charm. |
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| Clegg did not have the time, or the quick-wittedness, to come back at him. |
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| Kean was popular with both the nobility, who admired the actor but reproached him for his aversion to stage decorum, and the general public, who applauded his panache and quick-wittedness. |
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| Nor do they have the quick-wittedness to ad lib without humming and hawing, resorting to trite language, repeating themselves, and straying from the subject. |
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