Wisely

Examples

• The streets are wisely made narrow and the houses heavy and thick and stony, in order that the people may be cool in this roasting climate. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Carriages and horses were provided for all; captains and under officers chosen, and the whole assemblage wisely organized. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Yes, I know, said Laurie, nodding wisely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• This letter I had wisely allowed to reach its destination, feeling at the time that it could do no harm, and might do good. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• All things are said to be wisely directed, and for the best interest of all concerned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I was not the sort of woman whom it was quite safe to hunt into a corner--he knew that, and wisely quieted me with proposals for the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I think they judge wisely. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Mr. Bell knew something of what would be passing through her mind, and wisely and kindly held his tongue. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He sees not as man sees, but far clearer: judges not as man judges, but far more wisely. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I might have done differently, and acted more wisely, in all that I subsequently did for my family. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• But the nutritive foods should be wisely supplemented by such foods as fruits, whose real value is one of indirect rather then direct service. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Everything herein is ideal, not real, replied the Demarch wisely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Nature has provided the duck with a protection against water just as she has so wisely protected all animals against such elements as they have to live in. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Wellington knows himself to be the subject, and therefore wisely prejudges the book trash one fortnight before it sees the light! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Caleb screwed up his mouth and turned his head aside wisely. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And we have done wisely, he replied. Plato. The Republic.
• Hannah wisely allowed them to relieve their feelings, and when the shower showed signs of clearing up, she came to the rescue, armed with a coffeepot. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• But the lot of all men is good enough, if they choose wisely and will live diligently. Plato. The Republic.
• You chose very wisely, I am sure, replied Miss Crawford, with a brightened look; Anhalt is a heavy part. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• The sites, therefore, must have been wisely chosen. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You have dealt so wisely with me, father, from my cradle to this hour, that I never had a child's belief or a child's fear. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Before Sir John had been a fortnight in his grave, the future of his daughter had been most wisely and most affectionately provided for. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• You have done wisely, said my friend. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• How wisely you have acted to keep your money, Miss Lucie, she said: silly I have gone and thrown away two francs on a bouquet of hot-house flowers! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• This pair was blessed indeed, for years brought them, with great prosperity, great goodness: they imparted with open hand, yet wisely. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Nature has wisely endowed man with nerves of sensation as danger signals for the conservation of life. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I agree with Mr. Wilder, Dr. Huxtable, that you would have done wisely to consult me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• If you do, said the Greek, restraining himself with difficulty, you will know how to act wisely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And Rebecca, as we have said, wisely determined not to give way to unavailing sentimentality on her husband's departure. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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