mental quickness

ˈmɛntəl ˈkwɪknəs

Definition

Definition of mental quickness - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

intelligenceability to think and respond rapidly

Her mental quickness helped her solve the puzzle quickly.
His mental quickness made him a great chess player.
She impressed everyone with her mental quickness during the debate.

acumen

agility

alertness

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Expressions with mental

mental block

inability to continue a train of thought

A mental block stopped her mid-sentence.

mental note

deliberate private reminder, kept without writing

I made a mental note to ask the doctor tomorrow.

mental gymnastics

complex thinking or reasoning to understand something

The puzzle required some mental gymnastics to solve.

go mental

exp.

behave in a wild or irrational way

She went mental at the concert.

make a mental note

consciously decide to remember something

He made a mental note of the meeting time.

paint a mental picture

describe something in detail

She painted a mental picture of the bustling market for her audience.

Expressions with quickness

quickness of wit

ability to think and respond with clever ideas quickly

Her quickness of wit impressed everyone at the party.

with a quickness

adv.

very quickly or rapidly

She finished the project with a quickness.

Terms with mental quickness included in their meaning

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speed

mental quickness

quickness of understanding or learning

agile

adj.

mental quickness

able to think and understand quickly

agilely

adv.

thought

with mental quickness and adaptability

dexterousness

mental skill

mental quickness and cleverness

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French:vivacité d'esprit, ...
German:geistige Schnelligkeit, ...
Italian:prontezza mentale, ...
Spanish:agilidad mental, ...
Portuguese:agilidade mental, ...
Chinese:思维敏捷, ...
Japanese:頭の回転の速さ, ...
Arabic:سُرْعَة الْبَدِيهَة, ...
Hebrew:זְרִיזוּת מַחְשַׁבְתִּית, ...
Russian:умственная быстрота, ...
Ukrainian:швидкість мислення, ...
Hindi:मानसिक चपलता, ...
Bengali:বুদ্ধির তীক্ষ্ণতা, ...
Catalan:agudesa mental, ...
Czech:bystrost, ...
Danish:hurtig opfattelsesevne, ...
Dutch:mentale scherpzinnigheid, ...
Greek:οξύνοια, ...
Hungarian:szellemi gyorsaság, ...
Khmer:ភាពរហ័សរហួននៃការគិត, ...
Korean:빠른 사고력, ...
Persian:حاضرجوابی, ...
Polish:bystrość umysłu, ...
Portuguese (BR):agilidade mental, ...
Romanian:viteza de reacție mentală, ...
Swedish:snabbhet i tanken, ...
Thai:ความฉับไวทางปัญญา, ...
Turkish:zihinsel çeviklik, ...
Vietnamese:sự nhanh trí, ...

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