Meaning of nimble-witted | Babel Free

Definitions

Quick-witted.

Examples

“Forth rusheth Sathan by and by, and of a gnatte maketh more then an Elephant of India, and of a very litle geometriall point, draweth forth an infinite Sphere: so ingenious, & nimble witted is Dame Slaunder.”

“The nimble-witted Miller had already smelt where I was travelling to, and made haste to get on the same road.”

“Then Fitzstephan went to Whidden with an offer of a thousand dollars for Eric’s murder. Whidden refused at first, but he wasn’t nimble-witted, and Fitzstephan could be persuasive enough, so the bargain had been made.”

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