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adroitness and cleverness in reply

The human was trying to engage a troll in macho repartee!
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl

But, as the repartee did not occur to him, he contented himself with coming in from the balcony and standing at the side of his wife's couch.
Charles Dickens -- Little Dorrit
Conway enjoyed the measured yet agile repartees which his good-humored ragging of the Chinese very often elicited.
James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
This is no time for sly repartee; You must leave my house immediately.
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Moliere -- Tartuffe
I see how it is with you, loving your repartee, and brilliant with wit.
James Fenimore Cooper -- The Pathfinder
"Don't be a pain" and "Takes one to know one" are standard repartee among girls, but I go much farther than that.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
Chicago delighted in such repartee—for the most part.
Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
I didn't dare to make the smallest repartee, I need hardly tell you.
Oscar Wilde -- An Ideal Husband
His Royal Highness had laughed until the tears streamed down his cheeks at Blakeney's foolish yet funny repartees.
Baroness Orczy -- The Scarlet Pimpernel
"In the afternoon, of course!" he replied, and looked at Tibby to see how the repartee went.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
Oh, I have thought the ladies were very elegant and very graceful, and wonderfully quick at repartee.
Henry James -- The American
Rochester, allow me to disown my first answer: I intended no pointed repartee: it was only a blunder.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
The preposterous elegance of their manner in the books awed him: he saw seduction consummated in kid gloves, to the accompaniment of subtle repartee.
Thomas Wolfe -- Look Homeward, Angel
I am a very matter-of-fact, plain-spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.
Jane Austen -- Mansfield Park
We love the plays, the great characters, the fabulous speeches, the witty repartee even in times of duress.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
But the situation seemed to call for witty repartee.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
Kate turned for some quick repartee, but kept on walking, leaving the professor with her luminous smile to think about.
James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
He smiled then laughed heartily, as if he'd just realized anew the humor in his repartee.
Dave Eggers -- The Circle
He had no repartee but laughed at everything.
Saul Bellow -- The Adventures of Augie March
Her tongue is moved by wit of high degree and ready repartee: her breast is seduction to all that see (glory be to Him Who fashioned it and finished it!
Joseph Campbell -- The Hero With a Thousand Faces

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