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REPARTEE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adroitness and cleverness in reply
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("repartee" is a kind of...):
humor; humour; wit; witticism; wittiness (a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "repartee"):
backchat; banter; give-and-take; raillery (light teasing repartee)
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