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wittily

/ˈwɪtəɫi/ adv

in a witty manner; using wit

Word Origin From Proto-Germanic *witjan 'to know,' from PIE *weid- 'to see, to know.' Witty originally meant 'having knowledge,' then shifted to 'cleverly humorous.' The -y suffix makes it an adjective, and -ly turns it into an adverb: wittily. The root *weid- is everywhere: wise, wisdom, vision, video, guide (from seeing). So wittily is literally 'knowingly' in a clever way.

adv in a witty manner; using wit

She wittily deflected the awkward question with a clever pun.

(副词) 机智地；诙谐地；风趣地

她机智地用双关语巧妙回避了这个尴尬的问题。

(adverbio) ingeniosamente; con ingenio; agudamente; con agudeza [con ingenio; de manera ingeniosa]

Ella desvió ingeniosamente la pregunta incómoda con un juego de palabras.

(adverbe) avec esprit; spirituellement; finement; ingénieusement [Avec esprit ; de façon spirituelle et ingénieuse.]

Elle a *wittily* détourné la question gênante par un jeu de mots astucieux.

(Adverb) geistreich; witzig [Auf eine geistreiche, schlagfertige oder humorvolle Weise; mit Witz und Esprit.]

Sie parierte die peinliche Frage **wittily** mit einem cleveren Wortspiel.

(副詞) 機知に富んで、巧妙に。

彼女は気の利いたダジャレで、気まずい質問を巧みにかわした。

(advérbio) espirituosamente; com graça; com humor; engraçadamente [De maneira espirituosa; usando o humor.]

Ela desviou espirituosamente da pergunta constrangedora com um trocadilho inteligente.

Synonyms: cleverly humorously amusingly facetiously drolly smartly ingeniously sharply Antonyms: dully stupidly humorlessly seriously
Word parts: witt + y + ly

Related words

witty wittiness wit witless witlessly

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