Sentence examples for decidedly witty from inspiring English sources
To his dismay, and also to that of the spectators yesterday, the craft disappears the instant it strikes deep water".It's a submarine," observes the Prince.A decidedly witty title is inserted in the course of a sequence in which a revolutionist throws a bomb at the Royal stand.
Some of the dirty jokes are very witty; some are decidedly not.
But when she has to use Shaw's words to express Eliza's pain or desire she goes flat; it's as though she had nothing internal to draw on to match Shaw's witty, sharp, and decidedly unpsychological language.
Young men are the target audience for "Conan the Barbarian," but the movie's producers hope women respond to a decidedly modern female character - a witty, sassy and strong-willed royal bodyguard.
Decapitation, dismemberment and fiery apocalypse have never looked so charming, thanks to witty animations and some decidedly peculiar decoupage.
As played by Prunella Scales, the queen emerged as a shrewd and self-possessed woman, sly and witty and dignified, and decidedly loath to have the wool pulled over her eyes.
A witty, often caustic and sharply observant writer, he had decidedly mixed feelings about assuming the identity of others and presuming to tell their life stories, in their words.
The novel operates at a brisk, frequently witty clip, introducing us to a cast of semi-recognizable yet enjoyably scrambled characters: charismatic, decidedly un-PC publishers; romantic young strivers; and authors galore, bearing down on their work, occasionally throwing fits, more often engaging ardently and seriously with "the fascination of what's difficult," as Yeats put it.
They are witty, elegant and elusive constructions and, like much other work in the anti-realist, post-post-modernist mode, decidedly cool to the touch.
