witful
witful adjective: full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible.
Adjective
witful (comparative more witful, superlative most witful)
- Full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible
- 'Tis passing miraculous that your dull and blind worship should so suddenly turn both sightful and witful1613, George Chapman, The Mask of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn
- Do not directly ask him to buy. As one master salesman whom the author knows puts it, to do so is "brutal." It is, to say the least, not witful, and what is not witful is not good salesmanship.1917, Arthur Frederick Sheldon, The Science of Business
Examples of witful in a sentence
- […] the most witful, th-that it's hopeless I'm not witful.1998, Andy Warhol, a: A Novel:
- l love you, she said. l find it splendid to have dropped you like a witful lobster into this boiling pot.2008, Jesse Ball, Samedi the Deafness - Page 135:
Antonyms of witful
Forms of witful
| comparative | more witful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most witful |
Origin of witful
From Middle English witful (“wise; sagacious; cunning; ingenious”), equivalent to wit + -ful.
Words formed from witful
Questions about witful
- What does witful mean?
- Witful means full of or possessing wit; wise; sensible.
- How do you use witful in a sentence?
- […] the most witful, th-that it's hopeless I'm not witful.
- What part of speech is witful?
- Witful is an adjective.
Words near witful in the dictionary
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