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witful
Witful (adj) means Clever and sensible, showing good judgement.
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Clever and sensible, showing good judgement.
"l love you, she said. l find it splendid to have dropped you like a witful lobster into this boiling pot."
— Jesse Ball, Samedi the Deafness - Page 135 (2008)
"Do not directly ask him to buy. As one master salesman whom the author knows puts it, to do so is "brutal." It is, to say the least, not witful, and what is not witful is not good salesmanship."
— Arthur Frederick Sheldon, The Science of Business (1917)
"And some fear hides beneath the guise of all things physically-affecting and effecting which we try with an enthusiasm unsurpassed and a witful dexterity unrivalled, to craft into some spurious raison d'être."
— Valerie Stephens, Stillborn To Life - Page 5 (2013)
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Etymology
Came into English from Middle English witful (“wise; sagacious; cunning; ingenious”), equivalent to wit plus -ful.
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What is the meaning of witful?
"witful" (adj) means clever and sensible, showing good judgement.
What is the opposite of witful?
The opposite of "witful" is witless.
