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# witty

«witty» in Mova's school dictionary: **Able to say clever, funny things quickly** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (wittier, wittiest)

### meaning for a pupil

Able to say clever, funny things quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In tales a witty character wins people over with quick, clever answers.

### examples

- You are witty, I see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/#x1)
- That was a witty answer! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/#x2)
- He was clever, honest and witty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «witty» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witty/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.