He called for champagne, and under its exhilarating influence grew wittier and wittier, and kept the alderman in such roars of laughter that he could scarcely swallow his oysters.
He called for champagne, and under its exhilarating influence grewwittier and wittier, and kept the Alderman in such roars of laughter that he could scarcely swallow his oysters.
Adjectives ending in y change y to i and add er and est to form the comparative and superlative degree, as: Positive Comparative Superlative busy busier busiest lazy lazier laziest sly slier sliest witty wittier wittiest +268.
Cole does not want to be wiser or wittier than his neighbours.
In that respect how unlike dear Mrs. Elton, who wants to be wiser and wittierthan all the world!
It was not by any exercise of vanity that Atlee knew he talked better, knew more, was wittier and more ready-witted than the majority of men of his age and standing.
He might make a wittier reply, or write a smarter note; but society has its little tests--not one of which he could respond to.
Will you explain to me then how, if you are so much shrewder and wittier and cleverer than us, it does not make you richer, more prosperous, and more contented?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wittier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.