quickwitted

English

Compound of quick +‎ witted.

quickwitted (comparative more quickwitted, superlative most quickwitted)

Mentally keen and alert.
She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.

mentally keen

Asturian: cuciu
Bulgarian: схватлив (bg) (shvatliv), находчив (bg) (nahodčiv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 機智／机智 (zh), 机智 (zh) (jīzhì), 聰明／聪明 (zh), 聪明 (zh) (cōngmíng)
Dutch: scherp van geest
Finnish: nokkela (fi), terävä (fi), nopeaälyinen (fi)
German: geistesgegenwärtig (de), schlagfertig (de)
Italian: sveglio (it), acuto (it), perspicace (it), sagace (it), svelto (it), lesto d'ingegno
Maori: atamai, ngutu atamai
Polish: błyskotliwy (pl)
Portuguese: perspicaz (pt)
Russian: поня́тливый (ru) (ponjátlivyj), сообрази́тельный (ru) (soobrazítelʹnyj), дога́дливый (ru) (dogádlivyj), нахо́дчивый (ru) (naxódčivyj)
Swedish: kvicktänkt (sv), snabbtänkt
Ukrainian: кмітли́вий (kmitlývyj)

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