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Antonyms for wisely

Grammar : Adv
Spell : wahyz
Phonetic Transcription : waɪz

Definition of wisely

Origin :
  • Old English wis, from Proto-Germanic *wisaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wis, Old Norse viss, Dutch wijs, German weise "wise"), from past participle adjective *wittos of PIE root *weid- "to see," hence "to know" (see vision). Slang meaning "aware, cunning" first attested 1896. Related to the source of Old English witan "to know, wit."
  • A wise man has no extensive knowledge; He who has extensive knowledge is not a wise man. [Lao-tzu, "Tao te Ching," c.550 B.C.E.]
  • Wise guy is attested from 1896, American English. Wisenheimer, with mock German or Yiddish surname suffix, first recorded 1904.
  • adv prudently
Example sentences :
  • Aspasia said wisely, that the spirit of beauty flows in, only where the proportions are harmonious.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • These guaranties must be sacredly preserved and wisely strengthened.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Johnny stared, opened his mouth to speak, then wisely closed it and did as he was bidden.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • She wisely waited to do that until he was dead; so it came on only a year ago.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • He chose his course, knowing all that he renounced, and he chose it wisely.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • The room in which stood the Citizen Morot was dark, and wisely so.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • How madly I am trusting you; and yet my heart tells me how wisely!
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • Other questions force themselves as wisely we wait to think.
  • Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
  • Ghosts have about them, “and not so nobly or wisely as might be.”
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

Synonyms for wisely

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