readywitted

It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.

Ulysses 2003

Among men of these inferior sorts too, friendships are most permanent when the friends get the same thing from each other (e.g. pleasure), and not only that but also from the same source, as happens between readywitted people, not as happens between lover and beloved.

The Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle 2002

The readywitted ninefooter's suggestion at once appealed to all and was unanimously accepted.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

It was all no use soothering him with no, nono, baby, no and telling him about the geegee and where was the puffpuff but Ciss, always readywitted, gave him in his mouth the teat of the suckingbottle and the young heathen was quickly appeased.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

Among men of these inferior sorts too, friendships are most permanent when the friends get the same thing from each other (e.g. pleasure), and not only that but also from the same source, as happens between readywitted people, not as happens between lover and beloved.

The NICOMACHEAN ETHICS Aristotle 1865

The readywitted ninefooter’s suggestion at once appealed to all and was unanimously accepted.

Ulysses 2003