[ UK /ɹˌɛpɑːtˈe‍ɪ/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛpɝˈti/ ]
NOUN
  1. adroitness and cleverness in reply
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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.
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