Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: wittily
IPA transcription: [w'ɪtəli]
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wittily
    Meaning: in a witty manner; "he would wittily chime into our conversation"
Usage examples
  • "No geese but ourselves," said Mrs. Peterkin, wittily, as they returned to the house. The sight of this procession roused up the village.
  • He wrote four columns of editorial matter (his copy, wittily says Junius Henri Browne, "strangers mistook for diagrams of Boston"), dozens of letters, often forgot whether he had been to his meals, and was ready to see and advise with everybody.