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Examples of repartee
repartee
A young Irish newsboy, with a gift for quips and repartee, is named Oscar Wilde.
From the washingtonpost.com
As two Earls, Sean Pflueger and Ronnie Hardcastle engaged in sparkling repartee.
From the washingtonpost.com
The repartee between the two is worthy of Nick and Nora Charles, sans alcohol.
From the denverpost.com
Big eyes and skill with comic repartee make Hathaway a first-rate foil for Carell.
From the thenewstribune.com
Over the past year, as their repartee has developed, so have their distinct roles.
From the nytimes.com
There is not so much chat or repartee in the dressing rooms now, which is a shame.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
English supporters are renowned worldwide for their chants and witty repartee.
From the washingtonpost.com
There was also lots of familial repartee between Bozo and his clown sidekicks.
From the time.com
Some early-play repartee between characters seems a bit slow and tentative.
From the ocregister.com
- Adroitness and cleverness in reply
- Wit is a form of intellectual humour, and a wit is someone skilled in making witty remarks. Forms of wit include the quip and repartee.
- A swift, witty retort; A conversation marked by a series of witty retorts; To reply with a repartee; To have a repartee (conversation marked by repartees)
- A quick, witty reply, or a conversation full of such replies. Hard-boiled fiction features such exchanges, also known as "wise cracks" or "cracking wise. ...
- Any remark which is so clever that it makes the listener wish he had said it himself.
- Witty verbal exchanges between characters, especially in high comedy.
