Usually means: Cleverly amusing in expression, perception.
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  1. witty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. witty: Merriam-Webster
  3. witty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. witty: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. witty: Collins English Dictionary
  6. witty: Vocabulary.com
  7. Witty, witty: Wordnik
  8. witty: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Witty, witty: Wiktionary
  10. witty: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. witty: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. witty: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. witty: Dictionary.com
  14. witty: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. witty: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Witty (computer worm), Witty (software), Witty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Witty: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. witty: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. witty: Rhymezone
  20. witty: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. witty: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. witty: FreeDictionary.org
  23. witty: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. witty: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Witty (computer worm), witty: Legal dictionary

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  1. witty: Encyclopedia

(Note: See wittier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (obsolete) Wise, having good judgement.
adjective:  (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
adjective:  Clever; amusingly ingenious.
adjective:  Full of wit.
adjective:  Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
noun:  A surname.

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