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UK
/ɹˌɛpɑːtˈeɪ/
]
[ US /ˌɹɛpɝˈti/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛpɝˈti/ ]
NOUN
- adroitness and cleverness in reply
How To Use repartee In A Sentence
- I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am," Coulter told the crowd of 2,600 Wednesday. December 2005
- His inexhaustible gift of lightning repartee I saw illustrated on another occasion, when he presided at the midnight "gambol" of a Bohemian club, at which it needed the utmost tact and presence of mind to "ride the whirlwind and direct the storm. America To-day, Observations and Reflections
- He is at table, in repartee with a pair of elderly Chinamen, whom he addresses as Han Shan and Li Po. La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth
- This diplomat possessed an excellent gift for repartee.
- OK, it does not quite match some of the old Bond scripts for sparkling wit and repartee. The Sun
- Vithabai with her quick repartee and imaginative extempore dialogues and a vibrating singing voice brought about many changes in the Tamasha performance repertoire.
- But his midfield ace insists'the gaffer' is far more than just a quick wit and repartee act. The Sun
- The novel reads like a homage to Leonard, with its rhythmic repartee, underworld characters and action-packed plot.
- The easy repartee within the group shows that many are old friends, but all have now bonded through transforming their ancestral homes into high-end venues. Times, Sunday Times
- Vivian I'm not like you, witty repartee is not one of my gifts.