noun
- the quality or state of being gleg; keenness, sharpness, or quickness of mind or perception
Usage: chiefly Scottish or dialectal; archaic or literary
Examples
- The old scholar's glegness of mind was evident in his quick wit and clever observations.
- Her glegness allowed her to grasp the problem immediately.
- The lawyer's glegness in cross-examination impressed the jury.
- Despite his age, he retained the glegness that had made him a formidable debater in his youth.