"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. sharp wit = cięty dowcip sharp wit
2. sly wit = chytry dowcip sly wit
3. subtle wit = subtelne poczucie humoru subtle wit
4. shrewd wit = sprytne poczucie humoru shrewd wit
5. incisive wit = cięty dowcip incisive wit
  • Sometime, between planting my tomatoes, and meeting my deadlines, I will tap into the well of knowledge, and incisive wit, in Mrs. White's essays.
  • Both artists work with incisive wit in an area where Pop Art, Surrealism and Conceptualism overlap.
  • Our family, a very large one, was noted for a sprightly and incisive wit, and came of a good old stock where beauty was an heirloom.
  • Are we supposed to be admiring your incisive wit, intelligence & erudition?
  • Wendy won the affection of those who knew her with her incisive wit and charm.
  • Working with incisive wit in an area in which Pop, Surrealism and Conceptualism overlap, they share a commitment to epistemological ambiguity.
  • Berndt said, as though it were his incisive wit alone which had arrived at the nub, 'The question is, what do we do with her in the meantime?
  • Her word play and social commentary often displayed incisive wit.
  • Meanwhile, the show members were entertained by Schnell's incisive dry wit and sympathetic musical taste.
  • The Newark Star-Ledger called the play "funny and fascinating," adding that "Canfora has wonderfully incisive wit".
(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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