Wise
[waɪz]
Definition
(noun.) a way of doing or being; 'in no wise'; 'in this wise'.
(noun.) United States religious leader (born in Bohemia) who united reform Jewish organizations in the United States (1819-1900).
(noun.) United States Jewish leader (born in Hungary) (1874-1949).
(adj.) having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; 'a wise leader'; 'a wise and perceptive comment' .
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Definition
(v.) Having knowledge; knowing; enlightened; of extensive information; erudite; learned.
(v.) Hence, especially, making due use of knowledge; discerning and judging soundly concerning what is true or false, proper or improper; choosing the best ends and the best means for accomplishing them; sagacious.
(v.) Versed in art or science; skillful; dexterous; specifically, skilled in divination.
(v.) Hence, prudent; calculating; shrewd; wary; subtle; crafty.
(v.) Dictated or guided by wisdom; containing or exhibiting wisdom; well adapted to produce good effects; judicious; discreet; as, a wise saying; a wise scheme or plan; wise conduct or management; a wise determination.
(v.) Way of being or acting; manner; mode; fashion.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Sensible, sapient, sage, judicious, sagacious, oracular, prudent, discreet, considerate, discerning, reasonable, rational, intelligent, enlightened, sound, solid, philosophical, of good judgment.[2]. Erudite, learned.[3]. Crafty, cunning, subtle, sly, foxy, wily, politic, knowing, designing, long-headed.
n. Manner, way, mode, fashion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Intelligent, learned, skilled, judicious, rational, discreet, prudent,[SeeLEARNED_and_RATIONAL]
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Definition
adj. having wit or knowledge: able to make use of knowledge well: judging rightly: discreet: learned: skilful: dictated by wisdom: containing wisdom: pious godly.—adjs. Wise′-heart′ed having wisdom: prudent; Wise′-like (Scot.) sensible judicious: looking as if capable of playing one's part well.—n. Wise′ling one who pretends to be wise.—adv. Wise′ly.—n. Wise′ness.—Wise woman a witch: (Scot.) a midwife.—Never the wiser still in ignorance.
n. way manner.—In any wise In no wise in any way in no way; On this wise in this way.
v.t. (Scot.) to guide in a certain direction to incline.
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Examples
- Then the wise and good will not desire to gain more than his like, but more than his unlike and opposite? Plato. The Republic.
- In the days of ignorance there had been an extraordinary willingness to believe the Catholic priesthood good and wise. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I will bestir myself, was her resolution, and try to be wise if I cannot be good. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- How is he to be wise and also innocent? Plato. The Republic.
- And the unjust is good and wise, and the just is neither? Plato. The Republic.
- He must say he thought a drone the embodiment of a pleasanter and wiser idea. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The wiser course to take was to dismiss the idea of the opium from his mind, by leading him insensibly to think of something else. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- She believed it would be wiser for her to say and know at once, all that she meant to say and know. Jane Austen. Emma.
- She was almost ready now to think Celia wiser than herself, and was really wondering with some fear what her wrong notion was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Two persons standing there might interchange a dialogue, and, so it were neither long nor loud, none be the wiser. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And, when the matter was debated in council, the wisest part of the ministry were of my opinion. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The wisest plan for both of us will therefore be to part as soon as possible. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But Mr. Bruff's manner convinced me that it was wisest to check the impulse while he was in the room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- An immediate return to London was the first and wisest measure of security which suggested itself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- They believed, I have no doubt, as I did, that besides being the mildest, it was also the wisest, policy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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