"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
1. dry wit = ironiczne poczucie humoru dry wit
2. wry wit = cierpki dowcip wry wit
3. ironic wit = ironiczne poczucie humoru ironic wit
4. droll wit = zabawne poczucie humoru droll wit
  • With its droll wit, the film sends up the band members' affectations while leaving their souls unscathed.
  • She states that "Bateman's droll Irish wit is ideal for this storyline", calling the novel as a whole simply "hilarious".
  • What she packs as an actress - a terrific droll wit - she exhibits off camera as well.
  • Her records exhibit a rare, radiant and very droll wit.
  • She is well suited to the study of metaphysical conceits, displaying her own droll wit.
  • Her books show a droll wit and an intricate understanding of the almost imperceptible subtleties of relationships.
  • But at heart Mr. Rosenshine, a man whose reserved exterior masks a droll wit, remained an agency man with a creative soul.
  • I see your droll wit hasn't suffered.
  • Yet Mr. Stoppard has never lost the love of language, the deft and often droll wit, he displayed in "Rosencrantz."
  • Yes, but the overdose of stamping, jumps and shoving matches is infused with a droll wit and an attention to dramatic, nonlinear structure.
(8) verbal, slow, dim
Kolokacji: 3
(9) wicked, playful, mischievous
Kolokacji: 3
(10) lively, irreverent
Kolokacji: 2
(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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