Pronunciations
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/waɪz/
Adjective
Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
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Storing extra food for the winter was a wise decision.
They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
Disrespectful.
Usage- Colloquial
- Ironic
- sarcastic
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Don't get wise with me!
Aware, informed (to something).
Usage- Colloquial
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Be careful: the boss is wise to your plan to call out sick.
Verb
To become wise.
Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
Usage- ergative
- Slang
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Mo wised him up about his situation.
After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Noun
Way, manner, or method.
Usage- Archaic
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In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.
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Now the birth of Iesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Ioseph (before they came together) shee was found with childe of the holy Ghost.
[…] the prize Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, — Her Art for ever in fresh wise From hour to hour rejoicing me.
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A riven hood was pulled across his eyes; The token of him being upon this wise Made for a sign of Lust.
And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.
Meantime a serious question came up for discussion.[…]The discussion arose somewhat in this wise. The President of the Society was Mr. Hills, proprietor of the Thames Iron Works. He was a puritan. […]
Then, at least, we shall be able to program consciousness in such wise that it cannot be numbed nor distracted by the Narcissus illusions of the entertainment world that beset mankind when he encounters himself extended in his own gimmickry.
Verb
To instruct.
Usage- dialectal
To advise; induce.
Usage- dialectal
To show the way, guide.
Usage- dialectal
To direct the course of, pilot.
Usage- dialectal
To cause to turn.
Usage- dialectal
Adjective
having or prompted by wisdom or discernment
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a wise leader
a wise and perceptive comment
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters
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judicious use of one's money
a wise decision
evidencing the possession of inside information
improperly forward or bold
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don't be fresh with me
impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup
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an impudent boy given to insulting strangers
Don't get wise with me!
Noun
a way of doing or being
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in no wise
in this wise