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I was haunted by the image of him sitting at his computer, devising 50 witty replies.
Often my comments are simply what I regard as "witty" replies to your delightful headlines.
Around the eighteenth century, clever comebacks and witty replies became all the rage, and the right riposte became something that a gentleman was admired for wielding, especially when he was accused of not being a gentleman.
Ivan himself was a better stylist than Kurbskiy, and sent back lengthy, brutally witty replies that were distributed to a broad audience perhaps the earliest examples of a Russian regime engaging in ideological propaganda.
Try to have funny, witty replies if bullies make fun of you.
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"You shag sheep," came the crisp and witty reply from the bloke in front of me.
I wish that I could have thought of a witty reply for those runners at the blustery, half-marathon.
Real me might catch up if it was socially acceptable in the real world to spend 15 minutes honing a witty reply to a question before you answer, but even in Islington, where I live, that's frowned upon.
Davis's enthusiasm was endearing – "Po'boys aren't sandwiches, they're a way of life" – and when Janette asked: "What's next on my day?" I liked his witty reply: "A nap.
Ramus, attacked by a colleague, took only three days to produce a witty reply, which was printed a few days later with Talon's name on the title-page, though the latter had barely seen the manuscript (Nancelius, pp. 219 221).
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