"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
1. wicked wit = paskudne poczucie humoru wicked wit
2. playful wit = żartobliwy dowcip playful wit
  • Known as the aristocrat of tap, Mr. Draper brought cool intellectualism and playful wit to the dance form.
  • This pioneering Conceptualist's elliptical cerebralism can be daunting, but he has a natty sense of visual style and a playful, dry wit.
  • Fortunately, he also has a natty sense of visual style and a playful, dry wit.
  • Horace was seen as the playful wit, the optimistic, sophisticated critic who, though serious, is light and "tells the truth with a laugh."
  • The works of Paul Flato from the 30's and 40's stand out for their playful wit and formal elegance.
  • Tom Bombadil is a spry fellow, with a quick, playful wit.
  • At 6 feet 3 inches tall, with a resonant voice and a playful wit, Mr. Medina, known as Forde to friends, was a striking figure.
  • This chart is generally found very gallant; but 'tis merely a slight ebullition of playful wit, to please our little literary cabale.
  • There is a lot of playful wit in the story.
  • His constructions "show a keen formal understanding and playful wit".
3. mischievous wit = swawolny dowcip mischievous wit
(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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