"wit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wit sustantivo

sustantivo + wit
Kolokacji: 6
rapier wit • acid wit • De Wit • Antoni Wit • trademark wit • ...
wit + verbo
Kolokacji: 4
wit makes • wit comes • wit helps • wit begins
verbo + wit
Kolokacji: 17
keep one's wits • use one's wits • lose one's wits • match wits • know for one's wit • ...
adjetivo + wit
Kolokacji: 57
quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) quick, ready, clever, nimble
Kolokacji: 4
(2) dry, wry, ironic, droll
Kolokacji: 4
(8) verbal, slow, dim
Kolokacji: 3
(9) wicked, playful, mischievous
Kolokacji: 3
(10) lively, irreverent
Kolokacji: 2
1. lively wit = ożywiony dowcip lively wit
2. irreverent wit = zuchwałe poczucie humoru irreverent wit
  • In real life as well as on stage and screen, Mr. Morley was famous for his often irreverent wit.
  • And she'd enjoyed his irreverent wit, even as it sometimes scandalized her.
  • His writing is characterized by an irreverent wit.
  • Her irreverent wit soon caught on and she became a daily regular.
  • Another characteristic that stands out is her irreverent wit.
  • A cancer survivor with a will to live and an irreverent wit, Frank pops up now and then and keeps the book from becoming morose.
  • His irreverent wit and exuberant personality will remain in my memory forever.
  • We will miss his wise counsel during challenging times and his irreverent wit in even the most difficult of circumstances.
  • Beardsley was a caricaturist and did some political cartoons, mirroring Wilde's irreverent wit in art.
  • Nothing escapes his irreverent wit, not even such subjects as death or failed love or art.
(11) genuine, real, legendary
Kolokacji: 3
(12) natural, musical, lacerating
Kolokacji: 3
(13) razor-sharp, pointed
Kolokacji: 2
(14) savage, cynical, malicious
Kolokacji: 3
(15) delicate, brittle
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + wit
Kolokacji: 12
to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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